Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Ahrim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His crest is bronze and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 280 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Shifting and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His lavender fur is braided into rings. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Cloud lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.