Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Vola hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Vola learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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 has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Manea lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She got into the Bather business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rose (50 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Jet (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fonkin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Fonkin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and doesn't want to be a hunter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.