Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black crest. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 20th 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 160 pp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black vest and prefers violet and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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. Zykroff fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the south. Anne was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Cartwright. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Miles hails from a village terrorized by drow. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Elven compassion.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp. White pearl (120 gp).