Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dûgz was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. He wears his black hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

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. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered goblins who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3 Smokesticks. 3 Smokesticks. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cressel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.