Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ishte was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Ishte and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her brass crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Ploughman again; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has blue eyes.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Knight job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. With wild brown hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Duvamil liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an entirely red suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her yellow fur down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Skirt was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Coral (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is short and black. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.