Description: A 5'6" eastern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Gifted from a young age, Spear studied abroad. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Uraim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Uraim grew up listening to his father's many stories. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. She is physically well-built. Her fur is short and yellow. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Stylist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to raise her children well

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Navigator. He has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.