Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the east. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his black hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: Caeldrim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Suhnae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).