Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Elegant took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 cp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Gimgen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. 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 likes to make people angry or surprised. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Thiala was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Thiala never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

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. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Naal never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (160 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'6" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. The war was a terrible time for him, and Paymon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Paymon has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His fur is black and very short. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a pastel tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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. Being a Bounty Hunter 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.