Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her black crest to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His purple hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Butcher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hadwisa studied abroad. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He sports a flattop crest cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Vrondiss was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 3'4" and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Roywyn grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Whurbin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Darrak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (140 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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, Charles is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Charles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 23000 sp. Sard (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Melissa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.