Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mastema was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Mercenary, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Donella abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'2" and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has a hunchback. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new server responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This northern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north to a Bowyer, Maynild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp).

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and red tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He wears just a pastel suit. He is physically well-built. He has no fur. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Cloak was born the youngest of three triplets. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Maegan never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, In love, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.