Description: This younger middle-aged man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his auburn hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Bork never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 11000 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She has no hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: This man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

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.

Description: This northern man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eberk isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Through the years after Soveliss was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Soveliss's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 320 gp.