Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Heian would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in the east. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear flannel. He has moderate length blonde hair. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: The child of a Tailor, who enjoyed hunting, Efferil was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has white hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Lucan has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a Barkeep soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1500 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 190 pp. Rose (30 gp).