Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Peren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Peren decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Peren never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, In love, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the south. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dynamic embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).