Description: A 5'3" western woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Doctor. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shava 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 Shava. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and regain custody of her daughter

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Fisher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Fisher mother left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Nutae was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries halberds. She has wavy white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Antinua was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.