Description: This late middle aged man wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and auburn. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Doctor mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. With bright auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Ploughman, Gynnie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her glaive. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is physically well-built. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aym wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 4 Tanglefoot bags.