Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Dilettante, and is pretty ugly. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Reynard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 cp.

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 carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is black and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stylist for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Ahvain was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and axes. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Brewer who has hired him part-time. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erdan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Many giants want him driven away; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.