Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Beggar, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has done her best to style her red crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a large brown jacket, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the south to a Masseuse, Charles learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has worked as a Masseuse like his mother before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp.