Description: He wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He keeps his scarlet crest in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her orange fur is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the east to a Fortune-teller, Serpent learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has green eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and longbows. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Sumnes was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his golden hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his axe, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Justin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Dilettante, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 sp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is singed and shortened. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Darrak 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 Body Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.