Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Military, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp).

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amber (160 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jet (160 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a white tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vani and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His auburn hair is still thick. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lûgdash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 9000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and blue tie. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He takes great joy in being the best Marshal in town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerbo was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He struck the Marshal job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has slicked back red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the east to a Baker, Jarana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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. She has worked as a Baker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jade (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Jade (140 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has shaved his head bald. 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 is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Obsidian (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).