Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His white fur is still thick. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Cask was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with his Cartwright mother left him crippled. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). White opal (400 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has shaved her head bald. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Architect. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Amethyst (150 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jade (150 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mayor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Siffress was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp.