Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the south to a Dyer, Dain learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Dain alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Huru was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His fur is red and curly. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vlorn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Vlorn has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vlorn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: An older woman who is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy red hair. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the north to a Tanner, Vapula learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Junk Dealer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black tunic with yellow highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Mord took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 140 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.