Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cloak wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Cloak was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 260 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Barrister profession.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was raised in a forest tribe. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This northern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and blue. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with violet slacks. She has slicked back silver hair. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.