Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Theriatis has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female tends to wear a large black jacket. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is a Knight first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to pay off her debts

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Numba was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. With wild chestnut hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: Revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Azurite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.