Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has blonde hair. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Soveliss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Mialee was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mialee decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: Baelitae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jelenneth is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Jelenneth has worked very hard to control her curse. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and tan pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue sapphire (500 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He has moderate length golden hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Anselm was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in glaive use. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 cp. Peridot (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).