Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 240 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. Her red fur is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Quick lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his silver hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Leucis grew up listening to his father's many stories. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, marred by teas. She has no hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Puyet was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Puyet was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. Sard (20 gp).

Description: This western man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is long and unkept. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Nelkin was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barber. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Grai took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.