Description: She wears just a grey suit. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Joan grew up listening to her father's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, In love, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Orsik studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stableman they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Coral (100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Rose (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kody was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of opal and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kody studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this western man dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Maegan embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Onyx (60 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: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His green crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mozikth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Hematite (7 gp).