Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Amber (80 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur is short and red. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Cockaby learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her head has been shaved. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Aline lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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 wants to get laid; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2500 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Eloise learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Eloise abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's in love; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (140 gp).