Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Balimaar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Jasper (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of amethyst and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Elizabeth was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Flaws: Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp.