Description: This tall, slender man wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Nicor lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are silver.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nimble does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nimble studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gifted student she started as a Knight, but she got bored and became a Banker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and doesn't want to be a banker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers green and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 pp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.