Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a Adventurer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Kody was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kody 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 Kody. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear flannel. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Yvonne's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Being a Spice Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she usually wears her grey robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She refers to her adoptive father 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and balancing her hectic life and new fisher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her green crest is heavily combed to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Knight. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).