Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Riardon hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His first spouse was a Beggar, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is purple and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Purson was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to drow.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and daggers. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He wears a white collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 sp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: A 3'11" southern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her red hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Baelitae was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his blue robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His hair is short and brown. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ivellios was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy white hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Spy; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.