Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Reddlepop grew up listening to her mother's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A 6'7" western woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red crest is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Spice Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an entirely green suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Gifted from a young age, Xappan studied abroad. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Vrondiss was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Roofer. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.