Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lucan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dull white sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed club, just in case. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Vorka never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Ulfgar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Server. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Server for hire.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Philomena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Tomph hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tomph grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tomph. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She dresses like a well dressed Performer does. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Ovak reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Coral (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her hair is dark red and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Doctor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.