Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Joan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Butcher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Azza enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Vicky 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Manfred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 south. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Star rose quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'1" and wears baggy grey pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Falkrunn's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 320 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.