Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. His bronze crest is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. She carries a battered sai and tarnished mace as well. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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. Vaina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in an above average manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His crest is copper and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1400 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a yellow scarf, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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. Hunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a worn and beaten armor. His fur is short and beige. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her fur is brown and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. The war was a terrible time for her, and River does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Emotional, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her fur is short and white. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the west. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Keyleth speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Keyleth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.