Description: She wears a tan collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Malquis is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Malquis 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 Malquis. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of amber and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2900 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Jade (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her hair is golden and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Soapmaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Thea was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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, Puyet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Puyet was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Gildmak took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Coral (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear pastel tank tops with red skirt. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.