Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Geoffrey was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Interpreter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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, Pearl is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'1" eastern woman, she 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. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Markosian grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She is physically well-built. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a blue scarf, marred by beers. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Panana was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 320 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is an amazing painter.

History: Adran was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2800 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).