Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: She got into the Carpenter business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp).

Description: An older woman who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sword on his belt. He has wavy chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Anselm learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 pp. Jet (50 gp). Sard (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rose (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jet (50 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she very much looks the part of a Servant. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the east to a Servant, Cecily learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Servant and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is wracked by social anxiety

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

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sard (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Jet (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Jade (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jet (60 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has slicked back silver hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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, Caelynn is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 pp. Moonstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.