Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the north to a Carpenter, Nija learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her orange fur is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Emotional, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. She wears her golden hair down. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Duvamil wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Duvamil was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Duvamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His hair is red and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp. Rose (20 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: This woman wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her hair is silver and curly. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

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. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. His brown hair is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.