Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Varis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Armorer 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 170 pp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'7" and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aelar. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp.