Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She usually wears her green robe and has her flail always slung over her shoulder. Her gold crest is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Havilar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Farmer, but she got bored and became a Sculptor. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Banded agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her trident with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Rieta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 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.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is a Priest first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Bryseis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At some point she was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 17000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Standing 4'0", this man is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Jade (120 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Amber (120 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Coral (120 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Philomena was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Philomena took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up trident and armor she uses now. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.