Description: This western woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Barrister, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. Peridot (60 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. Veit abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to be a farmer again

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shield as well. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his rusty crest up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His black fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Windy hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Fisher, Windy learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Miner mother left him crippled. He has worked as a Fisher like his mother before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp).