Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is white and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and red tie. Her hair is red and curly. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (5 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Emmeline was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has a crush on the local soapmaker

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Rose abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length dark red hair. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'11" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. A true patriot, Rangrim would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Rangrim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2400 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Ekemon 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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 250 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White opal (800 gp). Jade (130 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. Citrine (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).