Description: He wears a pastel tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries greataxes. His red hair is long and unkept. His eyes are blue.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rael. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. He has no crest. His eyes are red.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Soapmaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and white robe with the hood down. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is a Actor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Fisher. He struck the Fisher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp.