Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Aelar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Tippletoe was born with her father's beautiful face. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. She has achieved small success as a Engraver.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His orange fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. With wild black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is purple and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nemeia has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Shedinn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shedinn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in earthy colors with a white and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her head has been shaved. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She bought a whip and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp.