Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Irish accent

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

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red crest is singed and shortened. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 94. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Masseuse business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Crowbar. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She refers to her adoptive father 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: Gifted from a young age, Murook studied abroad. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears just a blue suit. He wears his chestnut hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Fonkin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Fonkin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Vonbin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 320 pp. Malachite (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His crest is rusty and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Server

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his black robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Hirrathak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by chocolates. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Many giants want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.