Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". She wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Abalaba was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. She has no hair. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Sumnes was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 cp. Amethyst (40 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'2" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her white hair is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Architect business.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished halberd as well. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gilkass fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Yvonne wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. Veit abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to be a farmer again

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.