Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and white tie. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Leucis 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 Leucis. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her crest is gold and curly. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Pyxrin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Coral (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'11". He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. He wears his blonde hair up. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a Fletcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. Patrick was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mercenary. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Thradal wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Thradal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Thradal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His crest is short and gold. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 190 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Mantus was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Mantus was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He is content; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Carnelian (60 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Performer like her father before her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her first spouse was a Mason, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp.