Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Painter business at a young age. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears a tan shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Herbalist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Chaedi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 1500 sp. 3 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She carries a battered bow and tarnished nunchaku as well. She has purple hair. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She got into the Mortician business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: She wears a white collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. After coming to the age of reason, Gorga took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp).