Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a Barber, her father struggled to pay the bills. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sard (70 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Siffress was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Apothecary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 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 (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has styled her white fur well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Harvest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Lia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Lia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Lia hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Jade (70 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. She has slicked back red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriff does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. When Oriff reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 pp. Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her brass crest is lengthy. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. The war was a terrible time for her, and Korinn does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Scribe. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Black pearl (500 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jet (130 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jet (130 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jet (130 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.