Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. His red crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Shepherd kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 330 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This malnourished man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. She sports a flattop crest cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Korinn is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. A freak accident while working with her Soapmaker mother left her crippled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 sp. Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp).