Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her yellow fur is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Art is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Art lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Red spinel (80 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries a battered sai and tarnished bow as well. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His ears are large.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

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 divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Balam was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Spring is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Coral (120 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Citrine (60 gp).