Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Scribe, Arava learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has a crush on the local bounty hunter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 daughter.

History: Katherine was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Body Guard, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His fur is white and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 17000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and hammers. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Brakka is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp.