Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Scrag studied abroad. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has worked as a Ruler like his mother before him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 cp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is white. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gildmak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Priest, Gildmak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. After a long history of fighting, Pikar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a yellow tunic with pastel highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: This light-skinned female wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ovak is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Ovak was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Adventurer 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is red and very short. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jane isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this northern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Jarana is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.