Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Being a Architect kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Spring took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Halander was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Anselm was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.