Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Hugh was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30000 cp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

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. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Rose (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears just a grey suit. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in a small desert village. 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 east. She bought a scimitar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp.