Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her black hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 38000 sp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calcitro is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Calcitro never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is still thick. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Shy. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 28000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy violet suit. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thamior was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Miner like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gale studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bounty Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Halander has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50000 cp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She has slicked back white hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).