Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Manfred was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Manfred 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 Manfred. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is brown and very short. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When Frederick reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Percival was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Iolite (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Acid flasks.