Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Jade (120 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Zircon (40 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Shipwright, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His head has been shaved. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Emmeline lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Sard (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy blue dress. She is portly but not overly obese. With bright blonde hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Quilla was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Dilettante. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). White opal (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Amber (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.