Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Simon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Simon. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 cp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep silver.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Cressel was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He got into the Banker business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).