Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and brown tie, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a white suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 39000 sp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Breena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 pp.