Description: This malnourished woman wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Veloptima is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern woman is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She keeps her long green crest kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Rezena hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Odorr took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (50 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born into a rich family. Emeny abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 210 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.