Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 85. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Nuraval hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Gifted from a young age, Susannah studied abroad. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 cp. Coral (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fancy red suit, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Red garnet (90 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the north. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Body Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She usually wears her black robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nogu embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.