Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fargrim embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the north. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Warrior 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy white hair. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the south to a Detective, Vorka learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available she will default to her lance, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.