Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Tod was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Burto reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has achieved small success as a Miller.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a great chef.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Brewer uniform, and carries greatswords. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tricking was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Ovina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ovina 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 Ovina. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 4'8", this woman wears just a tan suit. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Jarsali took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After months of barely getting by, Jarsali managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He usually wears his green robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. His blue hair is still thick. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.