Description: She very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Verna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80 gp. Coral (140 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Agatha enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Agatha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has worked as a Laborer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. His white fur is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has moderate length blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nuraval never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 390 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).