Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elegant fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears professional attire. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Fortune-teller. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Engraver but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A freak accident while working with her Actor father left her crippled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. His fur is white and curly. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lone 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 Lone. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: To clean up the streets; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 150 gp.