Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thiala grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy violet suit. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 18000 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Coral (150 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports black long hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 pp. Jade (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'4". He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He married young, but lost his spouse to illithids. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: She was born in the north. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Theirastra hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 pp.