Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. A true patriot, Marigold would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1400 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He usually wears his black robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. His crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. Being a Miner kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is chestnut and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: Ekemon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mella will drive conversation. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Herbalist. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Vassago was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Carnelian (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Mara was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 7 Acid flasks. 2 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Trym was born the youngest of three triplets. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.