Description: He wears an entirely yellow suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is red and curly. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 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.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Pyxrin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Pyxrin was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Pyxrin's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new adventurer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Sard (60 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A true patriot, Bella would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jet (140 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Roondar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and expand his business

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars, marred by chocolates. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer father left him crippled. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bricklayer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1900 pp. Hematite (8 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Coral (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who very much looks the part of a Bather. His red fur is singed and shortened. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he usually wears his white robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Hobart lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.