Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 pp. Rose (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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. Akta fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Sard (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has never given up on his painting dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her glaive with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. He keeps his white crest in a pixie cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jade (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his bronze crest in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Kriv was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Performer. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sard (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Jet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Coral (140 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Jade (140 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Rose (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is an amazing painter.

History: She got into the Engraver business at a young age. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.