Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and hammers. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear white tank tops with violet pants. His head has been shaved. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Goroth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Ghesh was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and dresses like a well dressed Mercenary does. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Iados was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).