Description: This western woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Volen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eiravel grew up listening to his father's many stories. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He usually wears his red robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson red hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 into a rich family. Through the years after Silvo was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Silvo's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Silvo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses like a well dressed Servant does. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has green eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Actor, but she got bored and became a Servant. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morkral grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a brown shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her red fur up. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Shivering was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shivering decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She has red eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.