Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Balam was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a grey vest and prefers violet and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is blonde and very short. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Bernard took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Beiro is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Beiro was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Beiro alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, black cloak, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Carter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Jet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.