Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, green cloak. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this western man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Umpen was taken on many hunting expeditions. When Umpen reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his black hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Thamuz hails from a village terrorized by goblins. At a young age his mother died while driving off some goblins. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shortbow use. After a long history of fighting, Thamuz and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 11000 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Sard (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Fargrim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3100 gp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has moderate length red hair. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Buvvie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Spy, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp.