Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Bertram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown top hat and brown clothes and is in decent physical shape. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Trym enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Simon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Mayor uniform. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.