Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear flannel. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Malquis 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... Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Malquis was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He tends to his Roofer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'5" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Fivin will drive conversation. A true patriot, Fivin would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Fivin reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1300 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Ovina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ovina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ovina. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Oda is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 16000 cp. Moonstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a hunchback. His white hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Orryn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a black collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His purple hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Valafar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: Gadreel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gadreel was born with her mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 sp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).