Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Coral (100 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'6" western woman, she wears long strands of amber and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Calcitro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears just a pastel suit. Her yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Kite lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Barber does. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barber for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her crest is blue and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She 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 she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 18000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).