Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his golden hair down. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After months of barely getting by, Latbag managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His red crest is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in the east. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Vani has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and expand her business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears just a red suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is a great chef.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Myria alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Akta hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Gorga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this southern woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Baker father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 sp.