Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. 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 acts crazy and hedonistic. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the south to a Blacksmith, Vepar learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She tends to her Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Giselle hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Giselle was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the south to a Bellfounder, Rurik learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Rurik abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bellfounder for hire.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and balancing his hectic life and new bellfounder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a red shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and tan pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ortegar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

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. Burana 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 Burana. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple blue robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Eran is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (9 gp).