Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Chassath was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Henry speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the south. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His fur is white and very short. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Silent was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sailor. 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. Silent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His fur is black and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are green and catlike.

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. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Cloak was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Jet (130 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Edge embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Edge was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp.