Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Naeris learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naeris 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 Naeris. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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 was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born in the east to a Dyer, Aelar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1900 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Dreali was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dreali decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aerdeth speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).