Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, and he perpetually has his trident ready. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His red eyes dart from person to person.

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 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: Shamash was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear tan tank tops with blue pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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. Darrak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.