Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. Her silver hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Unemployed. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in a small plains village. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Glim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a red tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Born to a Barrister, her father struggled to pay the bills. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and doesn't want to be a knight and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the south. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Coral (140 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Sard (40 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is long and unkept. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by teas. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Vicky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.