Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Soveliss was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Nella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Layabout does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. He wears his golden hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kaladan studied abroad. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her crest is gold and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vezera grew up listening to her father's many stories. Through the years after Vezera was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vezera's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. The war was a terrible time for her, and Baelitae does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Baelitae has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a green collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. Abad was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Abad decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a tan suit. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White opal (800 gp).