Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: He was born in the east. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: 2000 cp. Peridot (40 gp).

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Markosian was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Markosian's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1600 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She married young, but lost her spouse to illithids. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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. Fonkin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This southern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on his right side and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Hamil was taken on many hunting expeditions. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Servant business.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30 gp. Azurite (12 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, white cloak. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His brown hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Fulbar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.