Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her hair is dark red and very short. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She refers to her adoptive mother 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is short and auburn. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sannl lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Miller, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miller and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1300 gp. Star ruby (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Akta took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Jet (120 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Ulblyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ulblyn was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries a battered glaive and tarnished shortbow as well. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. 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. Eva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears just a white suit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. After coming to the age of reason, Bilga took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).