Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Dilettante, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Jade (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Jade (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 15000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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 history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". He wears a grey shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. He has no hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest is short and black. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Roofer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ishmoz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Jade (50 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jet (50 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Amber (50 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).