Description: This late middle aged man wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. He wears his white hair down. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 280 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: 4'1" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His white hair is knotted and matted. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Ruler but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Decarabia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Decarabia was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Glim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

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. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With bright red hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Maiathah 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. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'5". He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. He has moderate length white hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.