Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Balimaar will drive conversation. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a glassblower again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He carries a battered sword and tarnished bow as well. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Randal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Laborer mother left him crippled. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.