Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He wears his rusty crest down. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Tawar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tawar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Star rose quartz (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has gray fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's in love

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a large black jacket. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ûshgol will drive conversation. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a whip and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, white shirt, and red tie. His brown fur is heavily combed to the right. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: He got into the Healer business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears bulky white painted plate armor. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ulblyn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He takes great joy in being the best Fletcher in town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2100 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol.