Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His lavender fur has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She stands about 6'3" and is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 sp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, marred by beers. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. A true patriot, Vanchu would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vanchu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Thunderstones.