Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pallabar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Pallabar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. He wears a colorful flower in his beige fur. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries sickles. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rangrim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rangrim. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears black trousers with tan and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her green crest is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: Born in the east to a Stylist, Vezera learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stylist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stylist work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Stylist.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emma embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She got into the Architect business at a young age. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Architect for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Kallista alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Beggar. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).