Description: Standing 5'8", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Armara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 12000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His beige fur is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's in love; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thomas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Hourglass.

Description: A 5'5" northern woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Shax is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Shax was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Wizard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1600 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 cp. Carnelian (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white crest is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. His hair is short and golden. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gimûb embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.