Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Traulam is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Traulam was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bellfounder. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Interpreter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Fargas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Fargas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bowyer profession.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Criella has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She has blue eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Slave Trader business.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his white fur well, parting it to the right. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Emerald hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Barkeep does. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished longsword as well. His auburn hair is lengthy. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He struck the Barkeep job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Patrick isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. The war was a terrible time for him, and Patrick does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is brown and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Roofer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.