Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has green eyes and a violet hat with a green feather.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Rathkran was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Rathkran's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Shamash hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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, Vola is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Masseuse uniform, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Barbena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

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

Possessions: 160 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Masseuse. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her blue hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.