Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a bow on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Riardon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her crest is silver and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his auburn hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Peter was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tana embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. 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: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Radomir liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears a white vest and prefers yellow and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Roofer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Barber profession.

History: Heward was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Breastplate.