Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and pastel pants. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Jade (50 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his lavender fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His dark red hair is long and unkept. His eyes are white.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Coral (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is typically in her Guard uniform. Her hair is golden and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Vani is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).