Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arnold does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Cynical, Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Citrine (20 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jade (80 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has no hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky grey painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Weaver, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Laborer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a fancy white dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 pp. Moss agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His fur is short and beige. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 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 (30 gp).