Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Pijjirik lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1600 sp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a long, tan cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy blonde hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ahvain isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. Ahvain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ahvain alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He has moderate length purple hair. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Vassago was taken on many hunting expeditions. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver. She wears her white hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gifted student she started as a Barber, but she got bored and became a Weaver. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is blue and very short. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Brewer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Tourmaline (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).