Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Ar-Beka took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bastard sword and armor he uses now. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Animal Trainer. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to be a body guard again

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries bows. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Mella alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his orange fur in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Smoking was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Laborer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Ruler, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'5". She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Grai and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is red and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, 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 north 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Vondal isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 3'5" and muscular, this western man wears a tan shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Alston reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Alston and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jelenneth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.