Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears an entirely brown suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Emmeline lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she usually wears her white robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is long and unkept. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a great chef.

History: Bree was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a very tight haircut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Manfred 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 pp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and she perpetually has her lance ready. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 22000 cp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Silk rope. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a spear. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has white eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Mormo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.