Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Joan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is lengthy. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a yellow feather.

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 is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He wears his rusty crest down. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. After months of barely getting by, Avice managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case, and carries clubs. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Enialis hails from a village terrorized by drow. Enialis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 49. 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. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: This eastern woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Maegan's homeland. Maegan decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tattered old clothes. Her green crest is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Harann hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Zircon (80 gp).