Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Jezebeth and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is white and very short. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by giants. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Nala reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 cp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She comes from a rich western family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is physically well-built. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She got into the Farmer business at a young age. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cask alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 31000 sp.