Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Emen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has white hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the right. She has 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 also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This man wears just a tan suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Layabout father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 6 Acid flasks. 1 Holy water. 6 Acid flasks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She has dyed her greying gold crest a little too much giving a sharp gold color. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Surina was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Professionalism, Persistence, Gifted. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Fulbar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An older man who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Gennal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).