Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her fur is brown and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Leaf hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Leaf was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Leaf was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Miner. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Cimer hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Cimer alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has wavy red hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the north to a Scribe, Cressel learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is greedy

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Interpreter business at a young age. 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Shipwright does. He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He became a Shipwright soon after.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has blue eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 sp.