Description: This tall, slender man wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Dyer again; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries kukris. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Butcher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Balimaar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is long and unkept. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.