Description: 3'8" and muscular, this northern man wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dull white sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. He has moderate length blonde hair. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Coral (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 born in the south. Philomena was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Tanner. She has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Jade (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

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

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ruloth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.