Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and violet robe with the hood down. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 140 gp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His long brass crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her tied-back hair is black. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 pp.