Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She has slicked back brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Sariel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Sariel was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Masseuse. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her crest is blue and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kava was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries falchions. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Valorean speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valorean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 240 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a pastel collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has moderate length gray fur. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a green Stetson hat and green clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His red crest is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he usually wears his grey robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the east to a Ploughman, Gerard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but he was a colossal failure. Being a Ploughman kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 45. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in a small island village. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Farmer does. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished trident as well. With wild golden hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nagrette studied abroad. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Amethyst (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp).