Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Luthra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black crest is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the west to a Soapmaker, Pijjirik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Pijjirik alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 sp. Banded agate (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is well kept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His hair is brown and curly. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cairn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and carries monstrous two handed axes. With bright black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her fur is yellow and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Edge hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jet (130 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Jet (130 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 290 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.