Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears skinny pants and wears a green and red robe with the hood down. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Healer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Direcris took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 9000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This fat eastern 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 silver hair is knotted and matted. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her brown fur. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Right-Handed embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. Right-Handed is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the east to a Layabout, Portia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 26000 sp. White pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nutae was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her first spouse was a Assassin, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: 17000 sp. Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Rose (20 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Ghash speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a green coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. Through the years after Bryseis was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Bryseis's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has worked as a Bricklayer like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp).