Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has no hair. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Bethrynna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She dresses like a well dressed Glassblower does. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his red hair up. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1400 sp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Curran is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).