Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She has no fur. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Beast hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beast 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 a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is short and silver. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ilga 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 Ilga. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her fur is short and black. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a whip on his belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He wears his blue hair down. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Paymon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Fonkin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Cartwright father left her crippled. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top violet hat.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Rolen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Elysande was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan vest and prefers grey and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Pallabar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Iolite (30 gp).