Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and sais. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. Being a Mortician kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 190 pp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's in love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: White pearl (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp).