Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Quillathe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. After coming to the age of reason, Damakos took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This woman wears dull green sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 290 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). White opal (900 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His orange fur is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: Flame is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Flame reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's in love

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 pp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.