Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a mace on her belt. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Hunter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born to a Mayor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to be a mayor again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Nil 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. Nil is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Oren was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'5" when asserting herself. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nissa studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He has moderate length white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears just a brown suit. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Skirt fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north to a Dilettante, Ulblyn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. After coming to the age of reason, Tomi took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.