Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is cut close to his head. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Richard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80000 cp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: A 5'6" southern man, he very much looks the part of a Shipwright. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Don alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gifted student he started as a Weaver, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and silver. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Arnold is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.