Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and chestnut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Mella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Mella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2800 sp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red fur. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a hunchback. His red fur is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 2'10" eastern woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Servant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 cp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is black and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Marshal. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Xappan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Expand his business; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is blonde and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp).