Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in longbow use. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Efferil was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Malachite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Grigi lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When Puyet 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 built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. He keeps his long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Scribe, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His fur is brown and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. White pearl (130 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.