Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Lilith took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her red hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Virra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She carries a battered sai and tarnished morningstar as well. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the right. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nimble grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. His black hair is still thick. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Delg has worked very hard to control his curse. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She has moderate length golden hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Sellsword, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear flannel. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Beast was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears skinny pants and wears a blue and tan robe with the hood down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. 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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 sp. Peridot (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).