Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Tharivol was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he usually wears his tan robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His silver hair is cut short. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Tailor, Kipper learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Pelt hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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.