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 is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, black shirt, and white tie. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'0" when asserting herself. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has golden hair. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Bernard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1900 sp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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. Dara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dara grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Cook uniform. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Purban is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. 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 struck the Cook job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears just a violet suit. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Soveliss grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His black hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Locksmith. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 310 gp. Banded agate (7 gp).