Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive, Insane. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amber (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Jade (130 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born to a Hunter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Andraste alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by her family; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Rosalind is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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, Rosalind is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Rosalind was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Server. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Jet (140 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He takes great joy in being the best Laborer in town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her scythe. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired her part-time. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Nemeia was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Ruler. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Through the years after Nurkara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nurkara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).