Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a axe on her belt. She carries a battered bow and tarnished axe as well. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Caelynn took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor she uses now. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Military, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 cp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is cut short. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Weaver. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Claira never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a black suit. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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, Horza is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Furrele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp).

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and grey robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown fur is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears his brown hair up. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Actor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Actor.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her hair is blue and curly. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Verin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She got into the Laborer business at a young age. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 12000 cp.