Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has wavy white crest. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Kriv alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His white hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is lengthy. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Star ruby (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is black. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 97. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He wears an entirely tan suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is physically well-built. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He uses divination through singing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a violet vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, marred by sweets. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Katherine was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and his gloved hand is found clutching a trident. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the south. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Hematite (16 gp).