Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His black hair is long and unkept. 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 is a Marshal first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Darrow was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her shield. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.