Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'4". He is wearing a long, grey cloak, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sword. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Theobald was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Roland was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, brown cloak, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has a crush on the local cook

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Blacksmith. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Gomory took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 pp. Red garnet (160 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).