Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Birel abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 pp. Onyx (20 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His tied-back hair is red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the south. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (120 gp). Sard (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Rose (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her cinnamon fur is still thick. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Dagger lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is short and brown. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. At some point she was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Sellsword business at a young age. Through the years after William was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. William's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sellsword for hire.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).