Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. 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: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Aust was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on his right side, marred by chocolates. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Coral (70 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown small hat and brown clothes and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Mindartis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Mindartis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his left side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. His hair is auburn and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Suhnae hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1600 gp.