Description: This northern woman likes to wear yellow tank tops with white skirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Birel was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tailor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Amber (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Eran was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Right-Handed was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Radomir was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 160 gp. Onyx (60 gp).