Description: A 6'3" eastern man, he wears just a green suit. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Knight, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chaedi 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 Chaedi. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.