Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She takes great joy in being the best Performer in town.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Ur-Lasu enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Ur-Lasu lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ur-Lasu fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He wears his silver hair down. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Cimer was born the youngest of three triplets. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Slave Trader, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Black opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amber (160 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amber (160 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.