Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her black robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her silver crest, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Caramip was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown 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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.