Description: This man wears a yellow tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length white hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is short and golden. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Varis studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (50 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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, Efferil is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his father's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is red and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.