Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Giselle embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Giselle was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'6". She wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. She wears her blonde hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Barber arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valorean 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 Valorean. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Purson lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears just a green suit. He has wavy copper crest. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an entirely red suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 obsessed with his god.

History: Kelter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Kelter abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She has no hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2700 sp.