Description: A 6'5" western man, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his shield. His blue crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: A 4'0" eastern woman, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. Her red fur is matted, messy, and big. 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 takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the south. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in the south to a Barrister, Lorilla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bagabug was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Bagabug was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 140 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.