Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Watson was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Watson and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Juliana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: He wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vrondiss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is short and brown. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Pyra liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a red top hat and red clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He 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. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Morgran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).