Description: An older man who wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his red hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

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

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'11" when asserting himself. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Thorpe was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Thorpe took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

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

Possessions: 110 pp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Amber (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Joser was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large red jacket. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nikki has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nikki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat and is in decent physical shape. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Mayor father left her crippled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: This western man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His clothes are grease stained in places. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Sun is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sun hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Sun was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sage. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, 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 long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Seamstress for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears just a grey suit. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

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. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. Don abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.