Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Galinndan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a healer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. He has black hair. He has green eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).