Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 sp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Eloise lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. A true patriot, Everard would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Everard was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Healer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a crush on the local adventurer

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.