Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has no hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quarion hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with pastel slacks, and carries longbows. He has no hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. 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: She got into the Guard business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Gilthur is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gilthur was born with his father's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 sp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 6'6" northern woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her green crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This northern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Burto will drive conversation. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Burto was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Jeweler. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Tanner, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has moderate length red crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Rivaan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp.