Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His gold crest is lengthy. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Faran reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is physically well-built. His hair is white and curly. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Holy water. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Courier. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Nalral was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a grey and white robe with the hood down. His crest is rusty and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Bidreked is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 4 Smokesticks.