Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jet (120 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She very much looks the part of a Engraver. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Engraver like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with blue pants. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished warhammer as well. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hupe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 sp. Star ruby (1200 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Buvvie's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Buvvie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Buvvie 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 Buvvie. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Thorin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Thorin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Adrie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Adrie took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has worked as a Weaver like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and balancing her hectic life and new weaver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).