Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miner. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.