Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His tied-back hair is brown. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Altho is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Altho was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Gennal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Gennal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has white eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Emerald (700 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a pastel vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his pastel boots flare out at the collars. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Right-Handed studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and carries nunchakus. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Aura enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Aura hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Carrie will drive conversation. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Carrie 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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2900 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Elaim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern woman sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She sports chestnut long hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cartwright. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp.