Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with grey slacks. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has white crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1600 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With wild auburn hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Carter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's in love

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrick studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears professional attire. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Sumnes was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. Black opal (400 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Servant. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Bendoo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, marred by sweets. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Farmer, her father struggled to pay the bills. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).