Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ida does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His purple hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Amnon was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Guard. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Engong's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a violet coat. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Carter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. 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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vanchu grew up listening to her mother's many stories. 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Gadreel was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Cumpen lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.