Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her black fur is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ethereal was born with her father's beautiful face. Ethereal liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 26000 cp. Obsidian (15 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: He wears a brown shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is brown and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Wymar will drive conversation. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple pastel robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Spear was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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 a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His red hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Hoshgrish was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His blonde hair is lengthy. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 pp.