Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white crest. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His crest is short and white. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. His fur is red and very short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Emerald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and white tie. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Five has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Burgell was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has brown hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.