Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is still thick. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Peren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: Falkrunn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has worked as a Healer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (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.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tippletoe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has moderate length beige fur. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vlorn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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. After a long history of fighting, Azza and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Orianna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.