Description: She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She is physically well-built. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears yellow trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Emma was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Ranala is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Roland was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 gp.