Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Tanner does, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His red fur is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Shifting was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 now mingles about in high society.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: A 4'5" southern man, he wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and revenge

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Dworic was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Herbalist. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bather. He has a hunchback. He wears his white hair down. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Grûblik grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Howard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp.