Description: This malnourished man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Gardain 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. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gardain was born with his father's beautiful face. Gardain abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She married young, but lost her spouse to dire rats. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears professional attire. Her fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

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: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Dabbledob liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lagazi 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 Lagazi. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his white crest down. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a white and brown robe with the hood down. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing a long, brown cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Adelard studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 310 gp.