Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and carries halberds. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1200 pp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her blue hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Bryseis took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 pp. Zircon (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Quillathe was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Quillathe's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Heward is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A freak accident while working with his Courier mother left him crippled. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His brown hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has slicked back white hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.