Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Merihim was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 130 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the right. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A true patriot, Biri would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to be a roofer again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by sweets. His black hair is knotted and matted. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Richard speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has moderate length brown hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her hair is red and very short. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Lerissa was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's also a talented Servant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.