Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 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.

Description: Standing 3'2", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 pp. Rose (20 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and black tie. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Quilla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 31000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Galiena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his tan robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Insane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a brown collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Sard (40 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.