Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is cut short. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting brigands, the young Orsik began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Nalral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the south to a Miner, Nalral learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Aramil isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Half-Plate.