Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the south to a Architect, Gerald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Gerald alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 pp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Kody was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 22000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a blue scarf. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Solomon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born into a rich family. When Solomon reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.