Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a brown vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Shadow is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is still thick. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Architect born in the past three hundred years. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was a Mayor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Golden pearl (60 gp).