Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Callybon was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has achieved small success as a Bowyer.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Quarion is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears long strands of topaz and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rael never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Surina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Eldon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.