Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Tailor. Dustin is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tailor. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Dustin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A 3'3" western man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Bounty Hunter and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2800 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Panana isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is content; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

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.