Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, pastel shirt, and brown tie. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. 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: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Jane lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born to a Actor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. White pearl (70 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).