Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Crown-heir, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 280 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. Her hair is red and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vani 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 Vani. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Trym was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Trym's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This man wears a green vest and prefers grey and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Therai is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Weaver. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the west to a Weaver, Soveliss learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Weaver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Weaver work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black small hat and black clothes. Her silver crest is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Bookbinder like her father before her.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.