Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a yellow tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Soveliss was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 cp. Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'9" when asserting himself. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Barber, who enjoyed hunting, Damakos was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Myev and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Arnold is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Arnold was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Knight, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Standing 6'1", this woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Myev was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was a Locksmith, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears professional attire. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of giants

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.