Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Eye agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shane fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 sp. Jet (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Coral (100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 4 Holy water. 4 Holy water.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available he will default to his sickle. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. His hair is auburn and very short. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He takes great joy in being the best Dyer in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Acid flasks. 3 Acid flasks. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Antitoxin.