Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a great chef.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal (1500 gp). Coral (50 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears long strands of opal and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is chestnut and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. 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, Eberk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Jade (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 60. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kairon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Kairon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vicky has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jade (80 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rose (50 gp). Azurite (16 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.