Description: A 4'8" eastern woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are black.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Slave, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear flannel. She has no hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helja grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears just a green suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Mantus took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Emerald (600 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. Her hair is short and blue. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Azdûsh was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Rose (60 gp). Jet (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She likes to wear blue tank tops with black skirt. She has a hunchback. Her hair is black and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).