Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He wears a colorful flower in his cinnamon fur. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: Smoking speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Smoking grew up listening to his father's many stories. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is in excellent shape and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is short and golden. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2500 sp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has brown eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alvyn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. She has brown hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She tends to her Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. Her lavender fur, when down, is lengthy. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bellfounder. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Barkeep first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but he was a colossal failure. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This man wears a simple red robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Thorpe was born the youngest of three triplets. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carpenter. He has taken up work as a Carpenter and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Red garnet (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Alice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp.