Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished falchion as well. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Gardain was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gardain decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has moderate length red hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Ilga was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Scribe. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. After months of barely getting by, Breena managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her orange fur is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shadow grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shadow. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.