Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished halberd as well. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age his father died while driving off some gnolls. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in halberd use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Naeris 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahvain grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ahvain. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.