Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ida has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the west to a Assassin, Katherine learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Family, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a black suit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).