Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. Coral (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Adam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has green eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Peter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20000 cp. White pearl (40 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bricklayer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears violet trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.