Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with violet slacks. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bune 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 regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He has silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Merihim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She has brown eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She got into the Server business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Herleva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is blonde and curly. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bellfounder profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.