Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a hunchback. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nora was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 21000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has styled his green crest well, parting it to the left. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Barkeep, Pijjirik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Barkeep like his mother before him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a large green jacket, and carries sais. His green crest is still thick. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Azzakh wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Azzakh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Tarak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a white top hat and white clothes and is in decent physical shape. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Az-Rans began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She has moderate length golden hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: An older woman who typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). White opal (1000 gp).

Description: An older woman who is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Marshal who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.