Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Jeweler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Astaro hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Astaro was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has moderate length gray fur. Her eyes are yellow.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kallista grew up listening to her father's many stories. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.