Description: An older man who wears a grey vest and prefers pastel and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Nuraval was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nuraval decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his silver hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sammal hails from a village terrorized by giants. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, marred by teas. She sports red long hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Zagga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Felgrat studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has taken up work as a Healer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and carries ceremonial daggers. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Bertram was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a yellow shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Caelynn was born with her father's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).