Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. He has silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Oppleby is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Oppleby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ploughman. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is purple and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

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

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large blue jacket. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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 found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. His crest is gold and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a black collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His purple hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Valafar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries morningstars. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gunter will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jet (120 gp).