Description: He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Burto took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. She wears her blonde hair down. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Avice's homeland. Avice decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born into a rich family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Ishgha lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kildrak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. 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 considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is red and very short. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90 gp.