Description: A 5'6" northern woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sword on her belt. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown fur. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Emerald and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the north to a Glassblower, Roger learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tricking studied abroad. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His crest, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Torinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Susannah liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and 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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, marred by teas. With wild silver hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, he is not a threatening figure. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Solomon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a mayor again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is cut short. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Navigator, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp.