Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has styled his purple hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Xappan was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Xappan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. He has no crest. His eyes are red.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Kriv is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Kriv was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stylist. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is typically in her Crown-heir uniform. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Emmeline was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a crush on the local masseuse

Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Miner business.

History: Seere lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a grey shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 plains due to the painful memories there. Guy took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Guy never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is blue and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, 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 in the south. Cimer was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Performer. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Performer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 170 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. Her long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 pp. Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Tethren was born with his father's beautiful face. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a tan collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Rose (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).