Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Shoemaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the north to a Shoemaker, Sarah learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and longbows. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His copper crest is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sethrekar studied abroad. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a hammer on his belt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rimmon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He keeps his long gold crest kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Salasar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vanchu embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Vanchu was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Vanchu's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a simple red robe with green stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the west to a Carpenter, Immeral learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp. Moonstone (50 gp).