Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nalral grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 8. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Nogu was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses like a well dressed Seamstress does. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Lerissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the west. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp. Azurite (5 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Tharivol would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'10" and is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Lavinia hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bounty Hunter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She likes to wear white tank tops with blue skirt. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. Being a Cook kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Imsh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).