Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a greatsword on her belt. Her hair is white and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Alain was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Alain's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Alain and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now spends her time doing works of charity.

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 greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a violet coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His black fur has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Drifting 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. Drifting 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.