Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is typically in her Map Maker uniform. She is an epitome of beauty. She has auburn hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Felosial studied abroad. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

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

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Gnarsh was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gnarsh decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jade (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tattered old clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Cartwright, Randal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 390 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Althaea is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear violet tank tops with red pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Hubert learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.