Description: This northern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his father's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.