Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Portia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Portia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern woman wears a fancy blue dress. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Sumnes is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Sumnes took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up flail and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Rosamund would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Rosamund was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His blonde hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with blue skirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Farmer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Efferil was born with his father's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. He became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ulla studied abroad. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears just a grey suit, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp. Amber (100 gp).