Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His white hair is lengthy. His eyes are green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket, and carries spears. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Hobart wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Hobart was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp.