Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a banker again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a fancy grey suit. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Morkral was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Tim was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tim has worked very hard to control his curse. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Zagga was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Assassin. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is short and chestnut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a axe on her belt. Her hair is white and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (130 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).