Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She tends to wear a large black jacket. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the south. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Vani took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up nunchaku and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She keeps her long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Emotional, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 gp.