Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a pastel vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his pastel boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his white fur in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but he was a colossal failure. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lance does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Lance was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'6" and prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, violet shirt, and grey tie. Her hair is blonde and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is physically well-built. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Human compassion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.