Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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: Revenge; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His auburn hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Adelard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At some point he was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This eastern man wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.