Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Gomory took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears her white fur up. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Coral (110 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She usually wears her white robe and has her whip always slung over her shoulder. She is an epitome of beauty. With bright brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ilga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ilga has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rose (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp).

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 just a brown suit. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Heward was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heward's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 9000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Coral (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Coral (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).