Description: She likes to wear red tank tops with brown skirt. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Havilar hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Jade was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 12000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Valanthe is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).