Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Halander grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Jet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Buvvie isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Shifting was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Shifting's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She struck the Locksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 pp. Azurite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.