Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is white and curly. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has achieved small success as a Bounty Hunter.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries a battered axe and tarnished whip as well. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Egelina isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a fancy grey suit. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. 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's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears long strands of amethyst and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Dentratha wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a green collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His fur is beige and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Right-Handed alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Right-Handed was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.