Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'11". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Alice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Citrine (20 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she very much looks the part of a Blacksmith, and is pretty ugly. She wears her brown hair up. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and pastel robe with the hood down. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her silver hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Joan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished kukri as well. She has wavy brown hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).