Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Locksmith, Theren learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His gold crest is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

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. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 wearing a long, green cloak. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He married young, but lost his spouse to drow. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Mindartis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Mindartis was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spy. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 320 gp.