Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a long, white cloak. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Mâku was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mâku 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 Mâku. Being a Carpenter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His cinnamon fur is still thick. His yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tricking's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'0". She wears tattered old clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the south. 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. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He 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. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Disease, Lazy, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Farmer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has no hair. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 51. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but she was a colossal failure. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.