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 tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (20 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her black fur in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tricking is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is short and black. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Nagrette lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). White opal (400 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing her hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item.