Description: He usually wears his tan robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erdan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To protect his home; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a fancy white suit. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He uses divination through singing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Sellsword, her father struggled to pay the bills. Philomena was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Philomena decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: 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; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Frug lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: A 6'4" eastern woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Edge has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a black costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She has no crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small island village. A gifted student she started as a Soapmaker, but she got bored and became a Brewer. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Breena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has achieved small success as a Glassblower.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy tan suit. His hair is long and silver with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stylist. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Oppleby liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.