Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Jacoba has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a Mayor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has worked as a Mayor like her father before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She is physically well-built. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tagga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Tagga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Forcas has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 160 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. She has slicked back red hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Courier but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.