Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lia embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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. She worked as a nervous Tailor and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Tailor.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Oriff was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 900 pp. Iolite (40 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her longsword. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 17000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a great chef.

History: She got into the Brewer business at a young age. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She struck the Brewer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 21000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Helja studied abroad. Through the years after Helja was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Helja's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Jet (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Jet (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).