Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Laborer. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the east to a Laborer, Broce learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Unemployed, but he got bored and became a Laborer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Dilettante for hire.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (160 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 prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Andram grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a spear on his belt. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Banker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1800 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears green trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries bastard swords. She has no crest. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has moderate length red hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Ribbles was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 pp.