Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries a battered lance and tarnished shortspear as well. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His crest is short and black. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Mehen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: Standing 2'9", this woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stylist for hire.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished bow as well. Her rusty crest is knotted and matted. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eggren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Malmûg was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.