Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Apothecary. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Griselda was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When Leshanna reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Damien was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the west. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Balifra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Healer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.