Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: She was raised in a plains tribe. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand her business

Bonds: Job, Slave, Nature, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a armorer again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bather business.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rose (70 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 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 (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: An older woman who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.