Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Doctor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pog grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is white and curly. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nimble never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Vapula studied abroad. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1500 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Cook does, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 23000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She found a children's book about a Human Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Jade (90 gp). Sard (50 gp).