Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Roofer father left him crippled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 44000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her crest is scarlet and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a red suit. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on his belt. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an entirely white suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Imsh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Imsh was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears just a green suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. He has white eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tethren will drive conversation. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Holy water. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Thunderstones.