Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Hecat lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Animal Trainer. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Black pearl (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Ekk was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a brown collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Through the years after Beast was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Beast's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. His crest is gold and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Salasar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Salasar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (70 gp).