Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a large green jacket. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Miller, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His black crest is long and unkept. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Brug was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Amber (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Emmeline was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears professional attire, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born into a rich family. Lilli was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Herbalist. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.