Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Shoemaker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Delre was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stylist. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Nordak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and white. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Gomory is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Katherine was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Katherine was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Katherine's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nagrette was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 sp. Jasper (40 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is lengthy. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Lamlis was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'0" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.