Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Manfred was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Human compassion; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple red robe with white stripes complete with hood. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, black shirt, and green tie. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Through the years after Anselm was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Anselm's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Anselm and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Alex was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.