Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her hair is short and brown. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was a Soapmaker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: An older man who wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Emerald (1100 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Aldous embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Aldous was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.