Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Helen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Helen decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'10". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. She has no fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tree was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Shamil was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered grey hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Percival lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is content

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Blacksmith business.

History: She was born into a rich family. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 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 an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theodoric studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Theodoric took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sellsword.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 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 wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Kava hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Kava alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp.