Description: This tall, slender man wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He wears his red hair up. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Naeris is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. At a young age his father died while driving off some goblins. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in crossbow use. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Theren was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 pp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Amber (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and tridents. He wears his silver hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Caeldrim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Caeldrim decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His tied-back hair is black. He has hazel eyes and a violet hat with a grey 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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Adran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Tharivol wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.