Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Thorpe was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Juliana is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emeny grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Fire opal (500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has wavy golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a black vest and prefers blue and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Bilga was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Locksmith. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Rolf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rolf never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'1" when asserting himself. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and 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

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Golden pearl (140 gp).