Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Riardon was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Riardon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Riardon. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Riardon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on his left side. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished greataxe as well. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Arannis wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Arannis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Arannis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Quarion has worked very hard to control his curse. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 12000 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.