Description: He is a husky man, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Zephan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kallista grew up listening to her father's many stories. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

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

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Tippletoe was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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, Emen is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1100 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is short and white. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Zanna never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Priest who has hired him part-time. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished dagger as well. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Joan has worked very hard to control her curse. She 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; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His bronze crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Patrin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Patrin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). White pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Elysande learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Job, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.