Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is physically well-built. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Jacoba learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Jacoba's homeland. Jacoba decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Vani is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is black and curly. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Karash hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Karash grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Karash. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 160 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and red. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Oloric was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Server, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is silver and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Azaki was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 sp.