Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her hair is red and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Tippletoe was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and carries hand crossbows. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. A true patriot, Stacee would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Stacee grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Animal Trainer business.

History: Alvyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears tattered old clothes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gifted student she started as a Butcher, but she got bored and became a Farmer. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a red costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has wavy chestnut hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has red crest. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rangrim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rangrim. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He usually wears his brown robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished shortspear as well. His beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Lone is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age his father died while driving off some orcs. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shortspear use. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).