Description: This tall, slender man wears just a blue suit. His hair is black and curly. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Mindartis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Iolite (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rose (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered sword and tarnished morningstar as well. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Coral (90 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'3" and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears just a green suit. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the south. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Red spinel (150 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Emerald (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Shautha was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. 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 blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: White opal (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jet (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her hair is red and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ilga was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Zircon (30 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (140 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp).