Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair up. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 Cartwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1900 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp).