Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Arha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Arha was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'6" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown fur is still thick. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sun was born with his mother's beautiful face. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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 has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her copper crest down. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bellfounder. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Jheri has worked very hard to control her curse. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bellfounder for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 pp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a sword on his belt. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Miles was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Performer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 370 gp.