Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a long, black cloak. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries kukris. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a Carter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Simon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Simon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he wants revenge against goblins

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Religious, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Manfred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp.