Description: This southern woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Beggar. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Semyaza was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her warhammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Audhild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a large violet jacket. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears brown trousers with white and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Taklinn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Taklinn was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Wiggens was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown fur is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aura does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).