Description: He is in excellent shape and has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has a very tight haircut. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Sard (20 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Broce was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Banker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, pastel cloak. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gale alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30000 cp. Peridot (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is chestnut and curly. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 12000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ella's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 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: 6'0" and muscular, this southern man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on his belt. His hair is short and purple. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1400 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'11" when asserting himself. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Junk Dealer. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.