Description: An older woman who wears brown trousers with blue and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Helja was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Amber (40 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her cinnamon fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born in the north. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 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: He wears brown trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries scimitars. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'5" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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, Alex is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Bricklayer, Alex learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. With bright red hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has taken up work as a Barkeep and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).