Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, black cloak. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vapula does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vapula studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Vapula took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Anne hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sailor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Senteq took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Roland grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild black hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Reeza and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 cp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear flannel. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Willow lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Harvest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. After a long history of fighting, Harvest and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp.