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 typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Balimaar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'7". He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age her mother died while driving off some drow. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in shortbow use. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nyx fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Born in the west to a Beggar, Thomas learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in the west. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'7" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Seraphina took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'7" northern man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Aerdeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Aerdeth was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Aerdeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp.