Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Fargrim's homeland. Fargrim decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a yellow collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents enrolled him in a Rogue school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

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

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing, marred by sweets. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Faran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Faran has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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, Ûggû is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Ûggû was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Body Guard mother left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her brown hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Kithri was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing, and carries daggers. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a worn and beaten armor. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Tim was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Tim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tim decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears a white collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and carries lances. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He takes great joy in being the best Spy in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Goroth studied abroad. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and grey robe with the hood down, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.