Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears grey trousers with green and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A 5'5" southern woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her brown hair up. Her fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south to a Sailor, Criella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a pastel collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her yellow fur is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Serpent hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She got into the Carter business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Carter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Coral (120 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp).

Description: This man wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in the west. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her fur is short and beige. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Server. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the west to a Server, Dagger learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Server. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Reirak reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Balifra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 1900 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.