Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Ernest was taken on many hunting expeditions. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take 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. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Simon would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

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

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6 Acid flasks. 2 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.