Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and auburn. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born into a rich 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 140 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vanchu studied abroad. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her fur is cinnamon and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: River hails from a village terrorized by brigands. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. River was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Alexandre was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Alexandre decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Maagog was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and yellow robe with the hood down. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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 mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bricklayer and was forced into it by her family; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Maagog's homeland. Maagog decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.