Description: She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is black and curly. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a sage again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His black crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bidreked grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bidreked has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local engraver

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rose (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Tanner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a tanner again

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 38000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jane fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Vanchu hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vanchu does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her trident with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. With bright auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Nikki lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but she was a colossal failure. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.