Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ernest embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Vicky and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Balimaar 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30000 cp. Amethyst (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.