Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a simple green robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her dark red hair is singed and shortened. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has no hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is lengthy. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kristryd was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Gifted from a young age, Spear studied abroad. Spear was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Spear decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: This man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Lorm enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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 always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Tervaround was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tervaround's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Born in the west to a Fletcher, Fivin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp. Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Valanthe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He has moderate length red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Euron hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp.