Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His fur is brown and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'6". He wears a tan collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Erky liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother 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: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. 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 several months after her father was called into army service. 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 Tanner. She has worked as a Tanner like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. Her blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Akta was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He wears his blonde hair down. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Armorer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. His white crest is knotted and matted. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. During her travels, Liftrasa and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Liftrasa discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Liftrasa fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Everburning torch.