Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His golden hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Elaim was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his brown hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Oren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His fur is cut close to his head. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 92. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by giants. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. His brown fur is thinning but still full. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emerald grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Disease, Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 210 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).