Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This malnourished man sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his white hair up. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

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 blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Justin hails from a village terrorized by brigands. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sard (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His red hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 26000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. His silver hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balimaar embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. The war was a terrible time for him, and Balimaar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp).