Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and bows. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Audhild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Audhild studied abroad. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears just a yellow suit. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Heather was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an entirely pastel suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His orange fur is braided into rings. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Dagger was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His hair is short and brown. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ront never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Fistula 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. Fistula decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

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 carries with her a set of lances, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

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 comes from a rich southern family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Painter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Vonana was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barrister. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ellyjoybell grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her 16th 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: Expand her business.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her white hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Pyra is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north to a Healer, Pyra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by her family; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.