Description: This malnourished woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow small hat and yellow clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a very tight haircut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Sybil lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 pp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Jade (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Nalral was born with his father's beautiful face. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Dell was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. He wears his brown hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Mason, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rose (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Jade (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sard (70 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Jet (50 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a red scarf and is in decent physical shape. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the north to a Mortician, Naeris learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amber (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her crest is blue and curly. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Hethress and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Coral (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.