Description: He dresses like a well dressed Cook does. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished lance as well. He has no hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears pastel trousers with brown and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Heian was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Herbalist. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Naal hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.