Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a pastel wide-brimmed hat and pastel clothes. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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 daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Assassin. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he would like to get married and retire

Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Altho was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Altho alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ulblyn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ulblyn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ulblyn. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).