Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Arnold abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Giselle was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has slicked back black hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Golden pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears tattered old clothes, marred by beers. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Banded agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.