Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black vest and prefers green and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Ratbag was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is short and red. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a great chef.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Sage. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). White opal (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Sard (40 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He has wavy purple hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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. When Mormo reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Jet (100 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Coral (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Amber (100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Animal Trainer. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Jade (40 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).