Description: This eastern man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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 in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: This woman dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears long strands of emerald and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 sp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and she perpetually has her axe ready. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Butcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ruloth 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Vani was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Marshal, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 pp.