Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and scythes. His fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Being a Crown-heir kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears dull red sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Rose (40 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Silvo grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Soapmaker. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Soapmaker, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gillyd does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy, Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is short and red. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Donella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries a battered sword and tarnished quarterstaff as well. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has dyed her greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 28000 sp.

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the south to a Performer, Seere learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. Star ruby (400 gp). Citrine (60 gp).