Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His brown fur is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired him part-time. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Smoking has worked very hard to control his curse. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Spy. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild red hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Althaea has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Althaea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her black crest in a pixie cut. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Sora and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. With bright chestnut hair. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Weaver. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are green.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Solomon hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: This western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white fur is matted, messy, and big. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Gifted from a young age, Willow studied abroad. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is lengthy. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Azza grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Azza. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (70 gp).