Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. She has moderate length black fur. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Fire opal (400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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, Paymon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Lia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and carries kukris. She has slicked back golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 sp.