Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Norsko was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Jet (70 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp. Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has wavy auburn hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Rose (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a white broad hat and white clothes. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1500 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).