Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She takes great joy in being the best Armorer in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Myria grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Dabbledob was born with his father's beautiful face. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Dabbledob was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a grey collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a hunchback. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 350 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Nyx was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nyx's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 33000 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He has yellow fur. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Right-Handed has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She works hard and plays hard.

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 left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Gynnie was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Ploughman, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Coral (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ellyjoybell was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Ellyjoybell took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing her hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Chain shirt.