Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Miner does. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Miner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Lewis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lewis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has no crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Bharash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'4" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp).