Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Healer business.

History: He was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Shágflak's homeland. Shágflak decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shágflak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has moderate length black crest. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). White opal (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is short and golden. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Tomi was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Tomi and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (700 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fancy blue suit. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Erevan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Erevan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (800 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.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east to a Adventurer, Myev learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 pp. Rose (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Red garnet (90 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.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Manfred was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Amber (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).