Description: This late middle aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maiathah was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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-brother.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (60 gp).

Description: A 4'4" western man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is braided into rings. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 44. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He comes from a rich western family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and human compassion

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Spear embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 pp. Red spinel (120 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). White opal (900 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this southern woman dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the south to a Apothecary, Barbena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Apothecary. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shepherd. Claira is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 15. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A 5'0" southern woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Junk Dealer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Junk Dealer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Junk Dealer for hire.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Layabout; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down, marred by teas. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.