Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Vaina is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Vaina was taken on many hunting expeditions. Vaina liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a simple pastel robe with black stripes complete with hood. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His fur is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jade 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 Jade. After a long history of fighting, Jade and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Taklinn grew up listening to his father's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. After a long history of fighting, Taklinn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. The war was a terrible time for him, and Fragrant does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has no fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Kallista's homeland. Kallista decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kallista fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Gimûb took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. He has wavy gray fur. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Left-Handed's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Left-Handed took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.