Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His fur is beige and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. Cloak was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ploughman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'7" western woman, she wears just a pastel suit. Her fur is yellow and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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, Shadow is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Spy, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sellsword hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and brown pants, and carries monstrous two handed axes. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Bûth was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bûth 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Simple lock. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He's also a talented Barber, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'1" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.