Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Oolah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Bowyer like her mother before her.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears a fancy black dress. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vorka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sekhmet fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a fancy yellow dress. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished mace as well. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Katherine is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Katherine was born with her mother's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'11". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. A true patriot, Aerdeth would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Aerdeth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Banded mail.