Description: This light-skinned male wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is typically in her Tanner uniform. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Menny was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a blue tunic with red highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her white hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Scribe, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy gold crest. His fierce red 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Thorin 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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Engraver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver crest is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears skinny pants and wears a green and blue robe with the hood down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brass crest is heavily combed to the left. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Kaladan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Servant. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.