Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a pastel costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has green eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Emerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Bather, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bather again.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (60 gp). White opal (500 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. A true patriot, Brottor would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Brottor was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case, and he perpetually has his mace ready. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Joser fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Gomory is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Gomory was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is typically in her Marshal uniform. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. With wild brown hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Marshal like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: Standing 2'9", this woman wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Fletcher does. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He became a Fletcher soon after.

Motivation: He is content; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 360 gp.