Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Erias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp.

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: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theobald studied abroad. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD, Disease. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Ombul was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, 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 Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a violet shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Efferil wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Miller, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her black fur is unkempt and raggedy. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his golden hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cory was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cory decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and usually wears his grey robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Anselm wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.