Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a great chef.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 360 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a great chef.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Sapply was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. Melissa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Jet (50 gp).

Description: This man wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Ortegar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.