Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gilbert was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears skinny pants and wears a red and brown robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Harriet has worked very hard to control her curse. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 sp.