Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Forcas wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Bounty Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Hematite (10 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'0" western woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Stylist business at a young age. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 260 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and tan tie. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Pyra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Pyra was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fortune-teller. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Superior lock. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'7". He wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gadreel hails from a village terrorized by goblins. At a young age her mother died while driving off some goblins. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in sickle use. 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: Gnomish compassion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 37000 sp. Azurite (12 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is blonde and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Alston was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large white jacket. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.