Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears tattered old clothes. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Zepar has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Zepar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His black fur is still thick. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear white tank tops with tan pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished scythe as well. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Vola was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Vola took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her fur is white and curly. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cloud speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 280 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp).