Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, marred by teas. He wears his red hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Henry was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blue hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Thamuz 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. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).