Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is singed and shortened. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Adrik was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Prâk's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Prâk is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Prâk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy beige fur. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He has a hunchback. His fur is beige and curly. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Sellsword in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1600 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.