Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his silver hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She stands about 3'5" and wears professional attire. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tervaround fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with blue skirt. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ulfgar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is typically in his Performer uniform, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

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. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Stableman, his mother struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Einkil took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished bow as well. His red hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a Miller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 19th 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Trym was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Thodris is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thodris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thodris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 190 gp.