Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Engraver business.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Merchant uniform, and carries whips. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1800 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Faral was taken on many hunting expeditions. Faral liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 14000 sp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). White pearl (110 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull red iron scale mail. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Therai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Coral (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.