Description: He wears a fancy white suit, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bhevek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rose (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'3" western man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Bounty Hunter and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2800 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Panana isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'6" and prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length silver crest. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hillanot was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp.