Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Edge was born with her mother's beautiful face. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Edge never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear flannel. Her bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Nuthra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and red pants. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished sword as well. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Havilar 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: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his blue hair. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: He was raised in a mountains tribe. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His auburn hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: She wears an entirely violet suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Shava was born with her mother's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Conrad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Conrad studied abroad. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.