Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Heward was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Heward has worked very hard to control his curse. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Heward never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has wavy golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries swords. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kilia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Sard (30 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a trident on his belt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has wavy white hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man wears just a red suit. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Tod was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a mayor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Amber (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male dresses like a well dressed Healer does. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dabbledob isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student he started as a Sailor, but he got bored and became a Healer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears tattered old clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She has no hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a Sculptor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mara. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; 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: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Namfoodle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. He has moderate length white hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.