Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears his bronze crest down. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zagga grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a fancy violet dress. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shava will drive conversation. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She sports silver long hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 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 likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 23000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, marred by chocolates. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Barber. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2600 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. A true patriot, Whurdred would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. When Whurdred reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father 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. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears just a black suit. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Karash was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Karash's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Jasper (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Dyer. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Morana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp.