Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: 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: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arannis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Verna was born with her father's beautiful face. 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. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears professional attire. Her long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She tends to her Brewer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to be a roofer again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bow, just in case. His fur, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His gold crest is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Cumpen lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a mace on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Valanthe is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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. After months of barely getting by, Valanthe managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 3 Antitoxin.