Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a hunchback. With wild black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears pastel trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black fur is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His hair is golden and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Paelias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Eran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears long strands of amethyst and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 18000 sp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has moderate length red hair. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the south to a Beggar, Criella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for him, and Delg does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An older man who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is black and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Trym is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Mortician mother left him crippled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Slave Trader, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.