Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and yellow tie. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ovak has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf, marred by teas. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

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

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Nuraval hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Nuraval took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has amber eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His fur is beige and very short. His yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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: Sun was born with his mother's beautiful face. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shipwright for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp. Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and green tie. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and greataxes. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Rimmon was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rimmon 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 Rimmon. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp. Blue quartz (6 gp).