Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses like a well dressed Sage does. Her hair is silver and curly. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Mara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gifted student she started as a Barber, but she got bored and became a Sage. She tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His bronze crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Pijjirik was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He struck the Painter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local healer

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Dain 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Dain reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother 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 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Through the years after Audhild was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Audhild's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 110 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Savaran 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 Savaran. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Halimath has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.