Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His head has been shaved. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, Reynard was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He is baby faced.

Personality: Justin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Justin was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Justin decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Server kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, black cloak. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Gomory is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp).