Description: This man wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: John hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 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 clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Roland has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2400 sp. Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: An older man who is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Barrister and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Trym was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.