Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is an epitome of beauty. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears skinny pants and wears a red and violet robe with the hood down. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Dell's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. To her fellows she 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: She was born into a rich family. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Dell has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the west to a Server, Sapply learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 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). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Joser studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (160 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple red robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Pearl lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jade (110 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is typically in her Knight uniform. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is a Knight first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In her 16th 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.