Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahrim studied abroad. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks, and carries morningstars. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barendd 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Server mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Halander isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His hair is short and auburn. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Anverth was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Armorer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. He has wavy blue hair. He has black eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and brown tie. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Morkral embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Morkral hails from a village terrorized by giants. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.