Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Menny was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 has never given up on her music dream.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spy. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spy for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He is portly but not overly obese. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Ûkshak speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. Ûkshak abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has a hunchback. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aasathra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She comes from a rich northern family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Aasathra took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Theirastra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, 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 blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Zephan was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At some point she was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is black and curly. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Disease, Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Jade (80 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).