Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Veloptima was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Azurite (14 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are black.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Tethren is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Tethren was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 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.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arumawann studied abroad. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. Her beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She is physically well-built. With bright brown hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.