Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her blonde 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 is happy with her job as a Sage. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Coral (70 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her red crest up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Korinn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Korinn was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his blonde hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: Antrara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Egelina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Egelina. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His tied-back hair is white. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ahvain was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Siffress lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Siffress 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 drifted from career to career and currently works as a Armorer.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 18000 sp. Red spinel (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).