Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished scimitar as well. She has moderate length green crest. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Driindar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his red hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Naill is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Naill was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naill grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Naill. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Einkil was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Einkil's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Kadana hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Kadana alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rimmon grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1800 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black opal (1500 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 is typically in her Stylist uniform. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stylist business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Oriax speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Makaria was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Makaria 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 doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.