Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is content

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his silver crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in a small desert village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. She has yellow fur. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 85. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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: 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 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a grey vest and prefers blue and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries morningstars. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Miller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Miller. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 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: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his broad pastel hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. Through the years after Serpent was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Serpent's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cartwright responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.