Description: An older man who wears a fancy black suit, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Engraver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bow, just in case. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Navigator father left him crippled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a green shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and black pants. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Geoffrey was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, In love, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy brown suit. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Heward is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of drow 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp).