Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She receives visions of the future at random moments

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. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Spear was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Spear alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Balifra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a gardener and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 44000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Senteq was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Senteq's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'2" and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a greatsword on her belt. She wears her white hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Brewer again.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 14000 sp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Amber (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.