Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Abalaba's homeland. Abalaba decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Shava alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 320 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Jet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a green collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and carries longswords. Her red crest is heavily combed to the left. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pogranix fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp.