Description: This man usually wears his pastel robe and has his longsword always slung over his shoulder. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and carries axes. She sports golden long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gunnloda isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears baggy red pantaloons and a brown scarf. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is white and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is portly but not overly obese. She has slicked back golden hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.