Description: This late middle aged man wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a Carter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp).

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this eastern man is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is auburn and very short. 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 considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Adam was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adam decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Richard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nordak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He usually wears his pastel robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder. His red fur is long and unkept. He has copper eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nimble will drive conversation. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Cook uniform, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. After coming to the age of reason, Philomena took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ilanis was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).