Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is short and auburn. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ridaro abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his red hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Naill is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Naill was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naill grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Naill. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Einkil was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Einkil's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Kadana hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Kadana alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rimmon grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1800 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is typically in her Stylist uniform. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stylist business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.