Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back black hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Emen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north to a Shoemaker, Emen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a worn and beaten armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eloise studied abroad. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the west. After coming to the age of reason, Theriatis took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (130 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and spears. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Right-Handed is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her childhood dream was to be a Bather, but she was a colossal failure. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gunter was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Rose (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is auburn and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This tall, slender woman has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Eldeth hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 cp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Lagazi lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Priest mother left her crippled. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Dara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Herbalist; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.