Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he usually wears his grey robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. His hair is black and curly. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tricking 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 Tricking. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and tridents. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Doctor born in the past three hundred years. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich western 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. After a long history of fighting, William and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: Lerissa is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Peridot (60 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: A 6'0" western man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. One day when Az-Rans was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Az-Rans was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. His rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp.