Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'6" and is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Percival hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Percival is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Coral (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She sports auburn long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Sarah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.