Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her head has been shaved. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 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 (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Sammal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sammal was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Mortician, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 pp. Citrine (60 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Jet (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Coral (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and violet robe with the hood down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

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

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has worked as a Engraver like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His dark red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).