Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has slicked back black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Crown-heir. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. His red hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. Her fur is beige and curly. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Art learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Balimaar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This western man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: Morthos was born with his mother's beautiful face. His first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is short and red. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people.

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Racist. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His blue hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is black and very short. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Riardon was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.