Description: This southern woman wears just a white suit. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With bright black hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Portia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Roofer and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 sp. Hematite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a hunchback. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 390 gp. Malachite (15 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Raer took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortbow and armor he uses now. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears a green collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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 was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive, Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Ghûra reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Wobbles hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.