Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She has a hunchback. Her hair is brown and very short. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp).

Description: This western man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Stableman. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has a crush on the local stableman

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 pp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Sard (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears grey trousers with black and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her blonde hair is still thick. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'8" southern woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Heather learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no crest. He has gold eyes.

Personality: Ildrex is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ildrex was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 pp. Moonstone (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jasper (30 gp).