Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'7". She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. With bright brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shautha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and to be a assassin again

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His hair is short and silver. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1100 pp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Sard (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Medrash would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Medrash was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She has wavy white hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and brown. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Elysande's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elysande grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.