Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, Ivellios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. He has a hunchback. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a grey collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is auburn and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bellfounder profession.

History: She was born in the south. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white fur is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Shifting was born with his mother's beautiful face. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.