Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and grey robe with the hood down. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A true patriot, Theodoric would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Knight kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Ralf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ralf grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ralf. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gnarsh will drive conversation. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is physically well-built. She has blue hair. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a brown collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His golden hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Conrad's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Chain shirt.