Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears professional attire. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is lengthy. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His copper crest is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 pp. Eye agate (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears brown trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is physically well-built. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the right. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Kriv hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to orcs.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 210 gp.