Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dustin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Dustin was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mortician. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.