Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has no hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Tawar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 sp. Sard (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Hugh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Junk Dealer and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his black hair up. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 170 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is brown and very short. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Anakis hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

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

Flaws: Greedy, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 3'0" northern man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. A freak accident while working with his Painter father left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (500 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Ellywick was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Courier. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Emerald (1000 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ovina has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Holy water.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Beggar uniform. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Adran was born with his mother's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

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 hair is auburn and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp. Citrine (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.