Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears just a grey suit. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Barbena took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 sp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern man prefers to wear flannel. His hair is red and curly. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Erdan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60000 cp. Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is typically in her Marshal uniform. Her crest is gold and curly. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy yellow fur. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. When Trail reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 cp. Eye agate (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp).