Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears black trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Tricking lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. He wears his white hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Pallabar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (50 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1700 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gargax embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Barber like his mother before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a black tunic with violet highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has red hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.