Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Eloise speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Tenena was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She bought a bastard sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Alexandre and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.