Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sumnes lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Harbek is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Harbek was born the youngest of three triplets. Harbek abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She has a very tight haircut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Phann grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's in love; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Knight first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 390 gp.