Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her hair is silver and very short. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His silver hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Taklinn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern woman dresses like a well dressed Performer does. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nirgel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available she will default to her sai. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an entirely tan suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Menny was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Menny was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Menny decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 350 gp.