Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rose (60 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.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 12000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her brown hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. In her 13th 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, red shirt, and pastel tie. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he very much looks the part of a Unemployed. His head has been shaved. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Unemployed in town.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries tridents. His red fur is long and unkept. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. Her purple hair is greasy and uncared for. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.