Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has wavy brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. His fur is cinnamon and very short. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the south. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and tends to wear a large violet jacket. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Manfred has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her white eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: She usually wears her green robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has done her best to style her bronze crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Dilettante. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her parents enrolled her in a Rogue school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her hair is dark red and very short. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Bowyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.