Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. His hair is short and dark red. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Iados wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 23000 cp. Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. He has moderate length gray fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Dilettante, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Nim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Priest, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and tabaxi compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).