Description: A middle-aged man, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after John was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. John's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drogo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2400 sp. White pearl (160 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Reynard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tan trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Henry was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A freak accident while working with his Layabout father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Reynard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.