Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She is baby faced.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Akra hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Debt. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 pp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries spears. He wears a colorful flower in his brass crest. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Marshal profession.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Amber (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Silver pearl (160 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.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 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 (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Amber (70 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Rose (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: A 6'8" eastern man, he wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his black eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a green broad hat and green clothes. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her dark red hair in a flapper bob. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Pyra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Pyra is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. After coming to the age of reason, Pyra took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jasper (40 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Jade (130 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.