Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is physically well-built. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her gray fur is lengthy. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

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. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shivering alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his club. His crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Tarhun was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tarhun's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tarhun and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Thiala was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2200 sp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is golden and curly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He tends to wear a large violet jacket. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aldous was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aldous was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Gurdis was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

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. In her youth she was a Barber, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).