Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His crest is red and curly. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears his white hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Bernard took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her tied-back hair is black. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her first spouse was a Doctor, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Manea was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Manea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paela grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Paela. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.