Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished glaive as well. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Raer grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lucan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 sp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is golden and curly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Efferil was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). White opal (600 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

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. Dreali is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.