Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a hunchback. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is auburn and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the south to a Cartwright, Cecily learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Cartwright and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has gray fur. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kite embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Rael learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 210 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears professional attire, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Puyet never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has moderate length silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oppleby embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Oppleby liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Oppleby was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears professional attire. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the south. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.