Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jade (110 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rose (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. The war was a terrible time for her, and Siffress does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his lavender fur to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to giants.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 19000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Quelenna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's also a talented Tailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Stacee hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

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 desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her beige fur is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fisher born in the past three hundred years. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amber (140 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.