Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the east to a Spy, Manea learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spy. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand her business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 13000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is red and curly. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Trym does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Jade (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her red crest is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (150 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is typically in her Bricklayer uniform. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her lavender fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Art was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bricklayer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1100 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Sard (60 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 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.