Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a violet vest and prefers black and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Phann was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mercenary. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is short and red. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (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). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 12000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his black robe and has his longsword always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Sard (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and red handkerchief worn on her left side. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 18000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 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 (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.