Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Ahlyssa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ahlyssa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered sai and tarnished dagger as well. His white fur is heavily combed to the left. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has worked as a Miller like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Amethyst (150 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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 at the edge of vast desert. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Shava took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is cut short. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sybil was born the youngest of three triplets. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

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 is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. 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 is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. She has shaved her head bald. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Orla embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a weaver again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp.