Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ernest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Malachite (14 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He is physically well-built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the north to a Shipwright, Gomory learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Gomory was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shipwright. He has worked as a Shipwright like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A true patriot, Miles would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. His white hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2200 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Jade (140 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).