Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With wild black hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Adventurer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. She has styled her black fur well, parting it to the right. She has green eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30000 cp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Simple lock. 1 Good lock. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bucklal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Kriv took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 260 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is typically in his Stylist uniform, marred by beers. His hair is silver and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Architect mother left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new stylist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She wears her white fur down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

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

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 pp. Onyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'3" and wears a grey vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Vistra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Sailor, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears professional attire. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.