Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a great chef.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his red hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He tends to his Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 180 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Feng was born the youngest of three triplets. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Azurite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the south to a Shipwright, Burto learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He tends to his Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 gp.