Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her fur is black and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Melech lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Melech alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her head has been shaved. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in a small forest village. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'1". She is wearing a long, grey cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. 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 Glassblower. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

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

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.