Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black crest is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Synthrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by her family; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. After a long history of fighting, Adelard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Apothecary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Fletcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1400 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Holy water.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Audhild enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Miner, Audhild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.