Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length red hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired her part-time. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Verin liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She uses divination through singing.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Geva has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Koeth was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20000 cp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sculptor who has hired him part-time. To his fellows he 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. She became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 360 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on her left side, and carries scythes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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 in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.