Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He has moderate length white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Ahrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Amber (90 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Gomory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Coral (140 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Abalaba was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her first spouse was a Body Guard, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Valida does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valida fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.