Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and 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

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 pp. Black opal (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Erdan hails from a village terrorized by giants. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his yellow robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. His tied-back hair is white. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is an amazing painter.

History: Uthemar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Uthemar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'8" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. His hair is silver and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.