Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and carries scythes. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has silver eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mortician. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

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 she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a Dilettante, her father struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).