Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is white and curly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Qualen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and violet robe with the hood down. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drenna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eldeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has wavy auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Volen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Smokesticks.