Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an entirely black suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy black dress, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Coral (40 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Sard (30 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Traulam was born the youngest of three triplets. In her youth she was a Bounty Hunter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traulam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He has a very tight haircut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Solomon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 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: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 1200 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. Her orange fur is thinning but still full. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Drifting abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).