Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her head has been shaved. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Melissa hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At some point she was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Spyglass.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sage but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is content

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Eva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is braided into rings. His black eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: Nirgel wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Nirgel was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nirgel decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Locksmith born in the past three hundred years. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Pirithin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Pirithin has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his silver hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pûg grew up listening to his father's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.