Description: She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Human Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (1300 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: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a green top hat and green clothes. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. She has wavy black hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 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: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a tan coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. With bright red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tippletoe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jet (130 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nicholas has worked very hard to control his curse. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 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.