Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Travok 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. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Travok 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 Travok. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a red scarf, and carries tridents. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Khrosh hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His childhood dream was to be a Courier, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Dalgal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Dalgal was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Caramip was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is still thick. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 sp. Azurite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jet (150 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her hair is black and curly. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Manea was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). Being a Bather kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the north. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Beggar and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and carries glaives. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp).