Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and carries warhammers. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Thamior hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamior fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with his Shipwright father left him crippled. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is an amazing painter.

History: Cecily hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's in love.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length rusty crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His hair is short and purple. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Bathin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bathin was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Nissa is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Aquamarine (900 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).