Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears professional attire. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

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

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her right side and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Emeny lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a simple green robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She 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. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She has amber eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Tenena was born the youngest of three triplets. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is long and unkept. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Mundane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Thorpe was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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, Veloptima is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: A 5'2" western woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is baby faced.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Maiathah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp. Coral (50 gp).