Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. He keeps his red fur in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is content

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and balancing her hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She usually wears her tan robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her white hair is well kept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Birel was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: Gifted from a young age, Thodris studied abroad. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Thodris was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

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. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Mara has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple red robe with green stripes complete with hood. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pirithin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Pirithin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.