Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a pickaxe on her belt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her purple hair is long and unkept. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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. Mastema fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His red crest is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. At a young age his mother died while driving off some goblins. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in flail use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman wears a tan vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a large black jacket. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Kriv was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cockaby grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Tanner, but he got bored and became a Weaver. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp.