Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His silver hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the south to a Servant, Mindartis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Servant like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Servant responsibilities is difficult; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in an above average manner. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ghûra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He wears his auburn hair down. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her green crest is long and unkept. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Jaxi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a hunchback. With wild golden hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Terse, Depressed. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has violet eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is still thick. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. To his fellows he 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a hunchback. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10 pp.