Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gaaki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Gaaki never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and expand her business

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Job, In love, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the north to a Locksmith, Qemuel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has no hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Amber (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Detective does. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His black crest is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She usually wears her white robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hugh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is brown and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bellfounder. He's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 gp.