Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Coral (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Artin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and someone believes her a fraud

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). White opal (500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. His hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rose (60 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. She carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Sarai speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Tana abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Jade (110 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.