Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His red hair is cut short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hadarai studied abroad. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'11" and is dressed in earthy colors with a red and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Heian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

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's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.