Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears her brass crest down. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'5". He wears long strands of jet and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a very tight haircut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Avice alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Bonds: Enemies, Family, Slave, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mason but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the south. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 24000 cp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 28000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.