Description: This late middle aged woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

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

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nithther grew up listening to his father's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nimble was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Hedonist. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 16000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Amber (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Medrash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and violet robe with the hood down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.