Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: A deep hatred of orcs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She usually wears her violet robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Mialee was born with her father's beautiful face. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Ielenia was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Fletcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Seamstress business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Seamstress work with an outfit from a few towns over. Seamstress work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Seamstress soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her longbow ready. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He wears a blue collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Zook hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. He has achieved small success as a Stylist.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 3 Antitoxin.