Description: A moderately attractive man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His fur is cut close to his head. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Cask and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A 6'5" western man, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his dagger. He wears his blue crest up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

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

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired her part-time. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Apothecary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. He wears his silver hair up. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Farmer. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Jade (100 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear brown tank tops with yellow skirt. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has gold crest. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gilkass was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries nunchakus. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.