Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bryseis embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gruk has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a hunchback. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She has the majority of her body covered in plate, marred by beers. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Through the years after Jacoba was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Jacoba's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her orange fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears just a brown suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has no hair. 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 trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. His hair is golden and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Qualen 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Whurdred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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 feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ortegar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Coral (160 gp). Moss agate (8 gp).