Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is cut short. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Xanaphia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Ronwe speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Ronwe was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Ûshbaka was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Fisher, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears just a brown suit. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She refers to her adoptive father 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: Smoking lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Detective and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, marred by teas. His brown hair is still thick. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 270 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. She has wavy red hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sumnes studied abroad. Because her mother 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 east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 40 pp.