Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Berrian studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is well kept. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Emeny enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Emeny was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back white hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Ekk was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Crown-heir, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has wavy auburn hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a stylist again

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His tied-back hair is silver. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Muggrish was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Muggrish and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thiala 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 Thiala. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his golden hair down. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Frouse isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the south to a Shipwright, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 sp.