Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear green tank tops with violet skirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Bryseis learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by her family; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her flail with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1800 pp. Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Sard (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is copper and very short. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has black eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Pyra was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Pyra took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 12000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 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 (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. With bright black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (130 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jet (130 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. She wears her cinnamon fur down. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Dagger was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Sard (30 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Amber (160 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jet (160 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Valanthe is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.