Description: This light-skinned female is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Mary is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Actor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Performer who has hired her part-time. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp. Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gray fur. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. His gray fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Gale alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 90 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).