Description: A 2'10" southern man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is brown and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Faran hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, she is not a threatening figure. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has white eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Aym took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aym fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chaedi grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Chaedi and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has moderate length silver hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Barfa lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Barfa has worked very hard to control his curse. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her tied-back hair is red. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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, Ralf is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Roofer. He struck the Roofer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white small hat and white clothes. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is a Jeweler first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Kipper lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.