Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A 6'9" western man, he wears professional attire. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tûhorn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Tûhorn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 cp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Laucian wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. 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 wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her cinnamon fur is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Cloak hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her black hair is cut short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Brewer, Jarsali learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her white hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Seddit 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 invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).