Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her crest is bronze, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Body Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a violet shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in a small forest village. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears just a black suit. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Savaran hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears just a black suit. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'11" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Barbena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Barbena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a white vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is well kept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Volen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Through the years after Volen was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Volen's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears professional attire. She has white hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Rieta was born with her mother's beautiful face. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.