Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants, and is pretty ugly. He has white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

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. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Assassin, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 sp. Carnelian (50 gp). Jade (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dustin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When Dustin reached his early adolescence his Human mother 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise blue. 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. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.