Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, grey cloak. His black hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Loopmottin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A true patriot, Loopmottin would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a Armorer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Armorer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears a tan vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cartwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Gorfel abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature club.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.