Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His red hair is braided into rings. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a yellow scarf, and carries bastard swords. Her hair is red and very short. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: Grûblik was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She keeps her blue hair in a pixie cut. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pyra studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with blue skirt. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and sais. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ella 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 Ella. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (60 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'7" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eberdeb grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 sp.