Description: A middle-aged man, he wears white trousers with red and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Ernest was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports white long hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his right hand. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).