Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 sp. Peridot (70 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears black trousers with blue and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. With wild black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Smoking 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Uadjit studied abroad. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears red trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Corkitron alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 26000 cp.