Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Miner does. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Agnes was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is still thick. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sark was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His blonde hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

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 is a great chef.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blue hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 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: She comes from a rich southern family. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Baker like his mother before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Rose (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahvain grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 gp.