Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His gray fur is lengthy. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A true patriot, Smoking would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has moderate length brass crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Vrondiss was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His black fur is still thick. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear white tank tops with tan pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 south his family was never financially stable. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished scythe as well. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Vola was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Vola took it upon herself to study the necromantic 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 protect her home; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her fur is white and curly. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cloud speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 280 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp).