Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a red tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy beige fur. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. She has wavy beige fur. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad brown hat.

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 Tabaxi in existence. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Synthrin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Azurite (15 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on his right side, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Merchant mother left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is long and unkept. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Mara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 sp.