Description: This malnourished man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gimgen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2900 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to be a seamstress again

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His black hair is long and unkept. 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 is a Marshal first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Darrow was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her shield. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Calcitro was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears long strands of amber and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Virra was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Virra took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Average lock.