Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Anbera is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Anbera was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are black.

Personality: Nirgel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her music dream.

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 wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 14000 cp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. Her blue hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. 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: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her childhood dream was to be a Priest, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Nature, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has done her best to style her red fur to look like a famous performer. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears blue trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His chestnut 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: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She likes to wear grey tank tops with brown skirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is cut short. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Artin 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 Artin. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 pp. 4 Antitoxin.