Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and tan pants. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears just a blue suit. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Osah was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

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 Layabout father left her crippled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with violet slacks. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

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 tattered old clothes. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Frug was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Performer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; 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

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict, Mundane. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2400 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rangrim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. He has green crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 pp.