At home recovering so here is wave two since somebody at /toy/ whined that Soth wasn't in wave one. I chose the second edition Umber Hulk since it LOOKS hulking and reminiscent of 1st edition, and quite frankly the later editions just made it another lame ass giant bug.
-Vicona is from the Baldur's Gate series, while yet another 'not evil Drow' her arc is refreshingly written and you can actually pork her.
-Erik from the cartoon.
-Murlynd is my personal 'crazy choice' and they will usually be based on characters from Gygax's original D&D group and yes those are sixguns, the character spent time in the Boot Hill game and came back to Oerth with them, but as a Paladin he only used them as last resort against monsters.
-Soth...cuz of
>>8505997. All I know about him is that he's a popular Dragonlance character that got kicked to Ravenloft but since I eschew all things Dragonlace that's where I stop caring other than that he does have a cool design.
-Wraith, I think every wave will always have ONE undead.
-Thri-Kreen, a fun neutral race that nods to Dark Sun and can be ally or antagonist.