Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Tawna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Tawna reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Tawna was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Healer uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 8000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Tomph was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and carries shortbows. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mara was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thea grew up listening to her father's many stories. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hecat does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Hecat fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Malachite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a axe on her belt. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ilanis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.