Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a club on his belt, marred by beers. His hair is short and silver. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gomory studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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. Gomory 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His white hair is singed and shortened. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 sp.