Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is black and very short. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Brakka has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to be a farmer again

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the west. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. Mara abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 pp. White pearl (150 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length rusty crest. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ribbles embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2800 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jade (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.