Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She very much looks the part of a Painter. She has shaved her head bald. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the east to a Painter, Shaena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his left side and is in decent physical shape. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Jeweler business.

History: He was born in the north. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Banker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fancy brown suit. His red hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Elaim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Rose (40 gp). White opal (900 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jade (80 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a white suit, and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents were killed by goblins in a raid when he was still a young child. The goblins captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Pink diamond (2000 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of flails on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her auburn hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sarah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 17000 gp. Jet (120 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a colorful flower in his copper crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Maagog was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1100 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 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.