Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has worked as a Ploughman like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). White opal (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Sard (30 gp). White opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: He wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bernard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1800 pp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Jet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His cinnamon fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered shield and tarnished mace as well. His rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Kaladan was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aerdeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

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. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a violet vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Oriel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 pp. 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.