Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He carries a battered lance and tarnished dagger as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the west. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his black crest up. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. One day when Shedinn was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Shedinn was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 41000 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries with him a set of bows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has brown hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She has a hunchback. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Vadania enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Jade learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

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. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Portia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To protect her home; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Depressed, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white fur is knotted and matted. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Flask is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Flask learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.