Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. His dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Vassago is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. His red crest is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 23000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has slicked back golden hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears just a green suit. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Rose (60 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a great chef.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 18000 gp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Armorer uniform. Her red fur, when down, is lengthy. She has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 pp.