Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 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: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Cook does. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 16000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Coral (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 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: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He 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 his brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jade (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has no crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Coral (80 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Robert enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).