Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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, Anthony is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Anthony was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp).

Description: She wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Bella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Beloril grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Beloril. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Oblar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has worked as a Cook like his father before him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 14000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He has wavy bronze crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'7". He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Engraver. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To be a Guard again.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" eastern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild chestnut hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.