Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fortune-teller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Bernard took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up hammer and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is thinning but still full. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Geoffrey wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Geoffrey was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Geoffrey's homeland. Geoffrey decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geoffrey 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: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Don was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.