Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Gomory is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gomory was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and wears a black shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Roofer business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her black crest down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Carter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Racist, Forgetful, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His crest is short and gold. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Norkruuth was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Norkruuth took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the east. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Coral (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Barkeep. A true patriot, Quarion would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is typically in her Performer uniform. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 12th 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.