Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Curran's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Akra was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Akra's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jet (100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: William was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. She carries a battered bow and tarnished greataxe as well. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Mary speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the west. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Traulam never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 26. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.