Description: She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and carries morningstars. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Merla was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her youth she was a Butcher, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jade (50 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fancy tan dress. With wild brown hair. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Oppah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fletcher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Crown-heir, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1600 pp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of daggers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 7. 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 used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bendoo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Moonstone (50 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 woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When Myev reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Thradal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Now he works as a music tutor during his time off.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.