Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His purple hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Akmen embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Akmen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Courier. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Birel was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Soapmaker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thradal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and revenge

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her golden hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a carpenter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1600 sp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 7 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: Furrele is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Furrele hails from a village terrorized by giants. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy pastel dress. Her fur is red and curly. Her yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sailor profession.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sellsword.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp.