Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is golden and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. His auburn hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Raymond 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 Raymond. He tends to his Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and tan tie. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Sybil was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Eye agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. 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, Rurik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rurik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She carries with her a set of daggers, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Emerald was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his violet robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miner profession.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

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 father 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Priest, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.