Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Melissa hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Ahlyssa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with her Ruler father left her crippled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, black shirt, and blue tie. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north to a Barber, Right-Handed learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She tends to her Junk Dealer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing her hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Kite was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in an above average manner. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black fur is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cloud will drive conversation. A true patriot, Cloud would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her white fur up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Soapmaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gifted from a young age, Lone studied abroad. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 13000 sp.