Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Valafar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Uthemar was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He is physically well-built. He has done his best to style his red fur to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Flame lived on a farm with his father, 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 280 pp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spy born in the past three hundred years. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His white hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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. Pâsh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mara wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Mara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Dayereth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2100 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the south to a Performer, Morgran learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Malachite (5 gp).