Description: Standing 4'4", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his silver crest up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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.

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. With wild golden hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the north. She found a children's book about a Halfling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He wears his scarlet crest down. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Medrash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Beggar. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Shanairla was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Good lock. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Travok was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has lavender fur. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Great was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Locksmith. She became a Locksmith soon after.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Ulfgar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. After coming to the age of reason, Ulfgar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.