Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ranala was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is cut short. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Enna was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 230 gp. Amber (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She has no hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Helen hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Helen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and she wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.