Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He has wavy white hair. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Skamos liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. He wears his blue hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 18000 cp. Silver pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her hair is brown and very short. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'8" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long white crest kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Gesrethe speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Gesrethe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

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

History: Hecat hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and 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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.