Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is cut short. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents enrolled her in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. 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. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Cairn was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Cairn was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 75. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Theodoric was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Blue sapphire (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). White opal (700 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Jak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born into a rich family. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is black and curly. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Lance was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She takes great joy in being the best Servant in town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.