Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. 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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Bellfounder, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a bellfounder again

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Coral (140 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Jet (130 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a fancy black dress. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has brown eyes and a black hat with a brown 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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 pp. Rose (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Amber (100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has white hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Lagazi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: He was born into a rich family. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Lewis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He is greedy; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 11000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'2" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Oskar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jet (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.