Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears just a tan suit. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Meriele was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Meriele was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 sp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Anverth was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Painter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Yvonne was born with her father's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy bronze crest. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Saphara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).