Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a Sage, her father struggled to pay the bills. Mary was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mary decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. He has red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook. Her tied-back hair is golden. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 35. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Sard (60 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a very tight haircut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Torgga grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Torgga. Being a Butcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Boddynock is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Boddynock is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is cut short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her gray fur is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her childhood dream was to be a Laborer, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Revenge; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jet (90 gp).