Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a yellow costume with the symbols of death on her torso. With wild auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Oriel is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished flail as well. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky pastel painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is orange and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 260 gp.