Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears just a brown suit. His black fur is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Corkitron learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Corkitron alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Megren was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Megren never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and balancing her hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This eastern man wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed spear, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. His gold crest is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Arjhan was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Alice is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to protect her home

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2900 sp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker violet hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A true patriot, John would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Pikar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears white trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 380 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp).