Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Adelard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Adelard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adelard decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (20 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered sword and tarnished club as well. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Assassin but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Dustin was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses like a well dressed Cook does. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears professional attire, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Melissa was born the youngest of three triplets. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Melissa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Superior lock. 1 Disguise kit.