Description: She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Osco grew up listening to his mother's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Osco 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 drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: She 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, and carries daggers. Her white hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Erky was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and to protect his home

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Mercenary, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Onyx (80 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tan trousers with violet and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has green eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Gardener but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jet (160 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp).