Description: 5'5" and muscular, this western man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Fortune-teller uniform. Her blue crest is heavily combed to the right. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A freak accident while working with her Baker mother left her crippled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is blue and very short. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gadreel was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Malquis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Carpenter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.