Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is physically well-built. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Anakis was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1400 sp. Zircon (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is brown and very short. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Chem was born with his mother's beautiful face. Chem was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Tanner. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to protect his home

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and axes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the north to a Carter, Andram learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Andram has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries sickles. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.