Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western man wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Himo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is brown and very short. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Laborer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and doesn't want to be a navigator and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He wears his black fur up. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahlyssa studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is physically well-built. She has moderate length lavender fur. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Spear was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the north. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries bastard swords. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adran is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (150 gp).