Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bookbinder. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Junk Dealer mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age his father died while driving off some goblins. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in longsword use. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Cloud's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cloud studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ugarth grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.