Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Gifted from a young age, Rael studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 pp. Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Halimath will drive conversation. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a fancy black suit. His hair, while still mostly silver, 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 brown eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Galinndan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Galinndan. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 pp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).