Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'7". She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. With bright brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shautha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and to be a assassin again

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 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 (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Crown-heir, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Jade (100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Jak was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Interpreter. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 16000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Sard (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: Medrash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Stableman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jade (150 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears just a brown suit. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired her part-time. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a fancy brown dress. She has wavy brown hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the west to a Bowyer, Elysande learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer mother left him crippled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rose (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.