Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a green collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Hethress is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Hethress was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 14th 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hethress fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Amber (130 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely green suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and halberds. His white crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Shedinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shedinn 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 Shedinn. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Thorin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red crest is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His blue crest is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Pandjed would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.