Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. 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: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Alston was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are gray.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing 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: He comes from a rich eastern family. His first spouse was a Fisher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and carries axes. His black hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Gunter was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 380 pp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears long strands of opal and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frug studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3100 sp.