Description: This exceptionally lanky man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He wears his red crest down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Shamash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is short and auburn. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with her Layabout mother left her crippled. She became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 320 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A 6'6" western man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brass crest. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Donaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. He became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. His rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead 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 passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Susannah took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp.