Description: He stands about 5'6" and prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is dark red and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emen's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears skinny pants and wears a red and white robe with the hood down. Her golden hair is still thick. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Cook, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp. White pearl (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.