Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Skamos embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and carries clubs. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Server for the past few years.

Motivation: She's in love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

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. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Gildmak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 pp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Jade (80 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rose (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He refers to his adoptive father 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Bonds: In love, Job, Family, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jet (130 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jet (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Quarion is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Quarion never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Nature, Military, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.