Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a very tight haircut. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Servant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is golden and curly. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dworic was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Sard (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her brass crest is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Jheri enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Jheri lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her red hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Grisha speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Grisha was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With wild golden hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the north. Pennie was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Engraver. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His white fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Skirt studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp.