Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. She is physically well-built. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears just a violet suit. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. 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, Naal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Veloptima was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his beige fur in a flapper bob. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 18. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. She has wavy red hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Bricklayer does. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Argran was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Fisher, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.