Description: This man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears tan trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His orange fur is long and unkept. His eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thervan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Thervan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Thervan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. White pearl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.