Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gnarsh will drive conversation. 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 was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bounty Hunter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan vest and prefers black and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is short and golden. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His white fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and beady.

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. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2200 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'7". He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. His red crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her hair is black and curly. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Harriet's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her father died while driving off some orcs. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in sai use. 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. Harriet fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Jade (120 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Left-Handed wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He uses divination through singing.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Alex enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and carries shields. She wears her auburn hair up. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2200 sp.