Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

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. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Actor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Cook; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Enialis was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Morkral was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Oskar was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Driindar studied abroad. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Driindar never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gûndza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her golden hair is well kept. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Helja was born with her father's beautiful face. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 220 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp).