Description: 4'1" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Thradal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At some point he was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1800 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the east to a Jeweler, Grigi learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Jeweler and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Jeweler has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Baggi was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Baggi decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His purple hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired him part-time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1600 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sarah studied abroad. She 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. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man very much looks the part of a Mayor and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is white. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Frug reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).