Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Azaki was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Azaki's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a marshal again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1700 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black vest and prefers tan and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is lengthy. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Performer soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 290 pp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is typically in his Shoemaker uniform. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.