Description: He stands about 5'10" and wears professional attire. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Oren hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Skûn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Skûn decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Igden enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Igden was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Igden liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new server responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Hobart was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Carter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Carter again.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp).