Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is portly but not overly obese. His lavender fur is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He worked as a nervous Laborer and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is dressed in an above average manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has wavy silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hugh is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This southern man wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Theobald was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 pp. Rose (80 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Eleanor learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and swords. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Gunter was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Butcher. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Lagazi was born the youngest of three triplets. Lagazi abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this western woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. Her fur is black and curly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 13000 sp. Hematite (8 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his scythe. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp.