Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'11" and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the north to a Sailor, Nordak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sailor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. After a long history of fighting, Nordak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Jade (130 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barrister born in the past three hundred years. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. His hair is black and very short. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Varis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Varis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears professional attire. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 west. He's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Scribe. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. To her fellows she 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: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop crest cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Uadjit abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished greatsword as well. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Norman 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: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.