Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears violet trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Deep green spinel (120 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 petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears baggy red pantaloons and a violet scarf, marred by teas. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Erdan was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Tanner; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She very much looks the part of a Miller. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Miller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Lezre was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1400 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She has the majority of her body covered in plate, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Veloptima studied abroad. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" northern man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Halimath was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Sard (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.