Description: This woman wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has white crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears blue trousers with yellow and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Armorer profession.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Ranala was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Glassblower. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: In love, Rich, Guardian, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A 4'3" northern man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his auburn hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He refers to his adoptive mother 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. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she very much looks the part of a Masseuse. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Masseuse but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy blonde hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Nazdûg abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This man wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his purple hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and balancing his hectic life and new marshal responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Beggar. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mortician. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emmeline grew up listening to her father's many stories. Emmeline abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.