Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting drow, the young Frouse began to lead the lost caravan. 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: Further expansion of business; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp. Amber (120 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red crest. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Valorean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sword on his belt. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. The war was a terrible time for him, and Altho does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Altho was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Burto isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Burto was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Burto was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Burto's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.