Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is content; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Nature, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1800 sp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Helen is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A 2'10" eastern man, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pikar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pikar grew up listening to his father's many stories. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Jade (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. After coming to the age of reason, Kyle took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Kyle never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. His bronze crest is still thick. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Rivaan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 14000 sp. Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.