Description: A 3'9" eastern woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her golden hair is well kept. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Audhild was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Audhild fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has done her best to style her green crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 cp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a great chef.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Nordak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: An older woman who tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Riswynn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Riswynn was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Riswynn decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Grigi enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has slicked back brown hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Through the years after Tawar was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tawar's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries hand crossbows. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Layabout. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Antitoxin.