Description: Standing 5'11", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. William liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished shortspear as well. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Heward enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heward fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, red shirt, and blue tie. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear flannel. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. 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, Ralf is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Jasper (60 gp).