Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, violet shirt, and grey tie. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her white crest is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Shy, Ugly. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sapply isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Sapply and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Citrine (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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, Mary is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Mary has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her red fur is matted, messy, and big. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Armorer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sweet was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a grey coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).