Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Umpen was born with his mother's beautiful face. When Umpen reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. 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 unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Blorg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Orianna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. To her fellows she 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: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age her mother died while driving off some illithids. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in warhammer use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Shamil was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 360 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is typically in her Barkeep uniform. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She struck the Barkeep job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gunter hails from a village terrorized by giants. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Cynical, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Superior lock.