Description: An older man who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, he is not a threatening figure. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: This western man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nalral 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 Nalral. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He has shaved his head bald. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Dayereth reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barber hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.