Description: Standing 4'5", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has moderate length red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Uraim was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Stableman. 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and chestnut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has wavy white hair. She is baby faced.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mardnab is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She wears bulky red painted plate armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ella will drive conversation. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: An older woman who wears a fancy tan dress, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Navigator first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Dalaba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She tends to her Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and to be a miner again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a red tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Corkitron grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 190 gp.