Description: This late middle aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Melissa was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and revenge

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Menny hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Menny took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Engraver business.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp.