Description: This dark-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries a battered bow and tarnished trident as well. She has wavy blue hair. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Uzza 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 Uzza. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

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 wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (140 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Skoth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eloise fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has slicked back silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Ilde lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. Red spinel (120 gp). Sard (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Oblar was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Rose (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.