Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alvyn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a Actor, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy auburn hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Kipper lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 170 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has brown eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp).