Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her white hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kipper grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, she is not a threatening figure. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Beggar. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anselm embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Anselm was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Anselm's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Anselm and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Valorean speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Emerald (900 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Coral (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 pp. Banded agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His black hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Sard (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).