Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Dean wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Dean was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is short and silver. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She carries a battered flail and tarnished whip as well. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise silver.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Detective, her father struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He wears a simple violet robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has hazel eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are green.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Horhog abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 230 gp.