Description: An older woman who dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Mindartis wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Amber (90 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rose (50 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Sard (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Sard (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'0" and prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her white fur up. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Gerard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Gerard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ishmoz was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and to be a dyer again

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright brown hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.