Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears long strands of sapphire and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nimble grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nimble. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Senteq speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Dyer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 6'4" eastern woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Edge has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a black costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She has no crest. She wears an eyepatch.

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

History: She was born in a small island village. A gifted student she started as a Soapmaker, but she got bored and became a Brewer. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Breena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has achieved small success as a Glassblower.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy tan suit. His hair is long and silver with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stylist. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Oppleby liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.