Description: This light-skinned female wears a worn and beaten armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She uses divination through singing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Thodris was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is brown and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older woman who dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with red slacks, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Carter for hire.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Fax hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 13th 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 never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When Ribbles reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and black tie. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the east to a Scribe, Azgrom learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the west to a Barrister, Therlin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Qualen reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Family, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Spyglass.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Pyntle isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.