Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Katherine was born with her father's beautiful face. When Katherine reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Theobald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is wavy and long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Vicky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Vicky alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.