Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Immeral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amber (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is short and blue. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Through the years after Vapula was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Vapula's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a white coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His hair is short and brown. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Az-Rans was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead 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. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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 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: He is greedy; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Priest, but she was a colossal failure. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and tridents. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is typically in his Barkeep uniform. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Fax and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Ranger school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1100 gp. Azurite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Unemployed. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Serpent grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Serpent. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2200 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).