Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and she perpetually has her whip ready. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barrister and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her golden hair down. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Navigator first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aline was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: John is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Jeweler profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He has worked as a Dyer like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.