Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jade (110 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Sard (30 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. To her fellows she 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sweet grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand her business; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Jet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Azurite (10 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Bune was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to be a mayor again

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. Her hair is black and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cook born in the past three hundred years. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Maiathah was born with her father's beautiful face. Maiathah was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His green crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Baradad was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Baradad's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She has moderate length yellow fur. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp).