Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Gerard was taken on many hunting expeditions. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3100 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears professional attire. His hair is short and golden. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Nutae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished kukri as well. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Ugarth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ugarth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: A 4'2" eastern man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Thoradin took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up mace and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 cp.