Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Butcher father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 3'2" southern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Wobbles was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Hamil 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. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her gold crest is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Mishann was taken on many hunting expeditions. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and pickaxes. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears a violet shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. She is physically well-built. She wears her red hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. Through the years after Rosalind was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rosalind's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His blue hair is heavily combed to the right. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 13000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Frederick took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Millicent alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp.