Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has slicked back golden hair. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Thiala liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'1" when asserting himself. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calcitro speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his blue robe and has his shortbow always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Sapply alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rose (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rose (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cumpen is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

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. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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 a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a hunchback. She has wavy golden hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.