Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Taklinn studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Taklinn took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Jet (120 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Rose (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Coral (80 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Server. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. With wild white hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Merchant. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jade (160 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Coral (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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. Gorfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Pyntle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.