Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears her blonde hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Melissa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 20000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sailor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Charles never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, In love, Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a yellow vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad yellow hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Alice will drive conversation. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Alice learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp.