Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his black hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a blue tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries tridents. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ploughman and was forced into it by his family; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. With wild auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Luthra was born the youngest of three triplets. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Akmen hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 6'2" southern man, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the south to a Soapmaker, Ûkrom learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is typically in her Blacksmith uniform. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Portia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the east. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With wild silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the west to a Miller, Marigold learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Marigold alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.