Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Amber (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hadarai does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: This northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Immeral took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp).

Description: A 5'1" northern man, he is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar 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 Aelar. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.