Description: This man is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nicholas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Nicholas was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Unemployed father left him crippled. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has brown hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shipwright. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Henry lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 12000 cp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).