Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Fortune-teller uniform. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 pp. Jade (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Jet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: Eiravel hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 230 pp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Lamlis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Adventurer, but he was a colossal failure. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 to be a adventurer again

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Amber (70 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.