Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His hair is silver and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has worked as a Laborer like his mother before him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 13000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Miller and found it very stressful. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1700 pp. Moss agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red crest is still thick. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Ghesh was born the youngest of three triplets. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Amber (130 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jade (130 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Iolite (50 gp).

Description: She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shoemaker. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. She has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His auburn hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His first spouse was a Mercenary, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 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.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Nella hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.