Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears a brown tunic with pastel highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Cory lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Dara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Onyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His silver crest is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jade (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.