Description: This late middle aged man wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has green eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Druuk wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Druuk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Druuk was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His crest is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Gorbundus hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bilbron fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long black fur kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Left-Handed was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Left-Handed's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is short and golden. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Breena reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Barkeep, and she later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 380 gp.