Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: Ahvain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Ahvain was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ahvain was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After months of barely getting by, Philomena managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears yellow trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has slicked back chestnut hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and maces. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A freak accident while working with her Mayor mother left her crippled. Being a Fortune-teller kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Zykroff enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a shortbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Jade (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jet (70 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp).