Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 east. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head and is in decent physical shape. His hair is red and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Chem alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Chem was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Eleanor was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Eleanor's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.