Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ribbles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: 3'10" and muscular, this eastern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Kilia was born with her mother's beautiful face. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and red handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Ugly. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 150 gp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cecily 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 Cecily. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. Berrian was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Banker. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Coral (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp).