Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Aldous was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 180 pp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Barfa's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt, and is pretty ugly. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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. Galiena 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; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A 5'7" northern woman, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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 got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has white hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With wild white hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her copper crest up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a fletcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.