Description: He is a husky man, who wears an entirely pastel suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has lavender fur. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Three hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Mamnen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: Money/treasure; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp. Malachite (4 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He is physically well-built. He wears a colorful flower in his cinnamon fur. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears professional attire. His white fur is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'8" and wears tattered old clothes. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Volen hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In her youth she was a Fisher, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Volen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His tied-back hair is chestnut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 has achieved small success as a Dilettante.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and blonde. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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

History: Sumnes hails from a village terrorized by drow. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.