Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Berrian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Barkeep like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Vanuath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 190 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. 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. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is wearing a long, tan cloak, marred by sweets. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Debt, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Amber (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.