Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Being a Layabout 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is cut short. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and pickaxes. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is typically in her Baker uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Helja was born the youngest of three triplets. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a Sailor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Thorin was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sailor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Orsik began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 9000 cp.