Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Tagga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Sage. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and yellow pants. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the west. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Havilar took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up sickle and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rose (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her white crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Zykroff was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Zykroff was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Zykroff's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Zykroff and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 7000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and is wearing a long, white cloak. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jade (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Coral (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Jet (90 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.