Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: Ralf was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fancy black suit. His crest is rusty and very short. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Pijjirik is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her white fur is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Jet (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she usually wears her pastel robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Alexandrite (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tan collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bellfounder for the past few years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 28000 sp. Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Tanner, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'6" and prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. Her hair is white and curly. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. She sports brown long hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Arha's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).