Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1900 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in a small island village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large black jacket. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 16000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

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

Description: She very much looks the part of a Animal Trainer. She carries a battered glaive and tarnished crossbow as well. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She tends to her Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is still thick. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. A true patriot, Nyx would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Dalaba does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dalaba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When Dalaba reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Holy water. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a fancy violet suit. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cory studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Amber (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.