Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tan vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Kriv's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 sp. Moonstone (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jet (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has moderate length dark red hair. His white eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Marbas reached his early adolescence his Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 230 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thervan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He married young, but lost his spouse to illithids. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Thervan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1400 sp.