Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 5'2" southern man, he dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Balam was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished morningstar as well. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Nella wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 120 gp.