Description: She wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso, and carries crossbows. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. Her hair is auburn and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Vaina was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Vaina's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tyna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Jet (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She struck the Body Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has violet eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. 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 Roofer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Amber (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Coral (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he dresses like a well dressed Barber does. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Rich, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She has rusty crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp.