Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her black crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has wavy blue hair. This silver eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: This southern woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Prosperine hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 pp.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 13000 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Amber (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). White opal (1600 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He struck the Apothecary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).