Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, 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. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Jet (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by beers. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild black hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 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 (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is physically well-built. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 18. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sekhmet was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Actor.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Unemployed born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mreksh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Unemployed. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Mreksh never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Coral (40 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.