Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". She usually wears her white robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Andry never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is white and curly. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 pp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her silver hair up. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.