Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Orthog speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2900 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Waywocket was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his red hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this eastern woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Yebe hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Grisha speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Grisha was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With wild golden hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the north. Pennie was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Engraver. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His white fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Skirt studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp.