Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. His red hair is still thick. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Arnold was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Nicholas learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He wears his blonde hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 55. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.