Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a hunchback. With bright chestnut hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ella alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a red costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has no hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad red hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he has the majority of his body covered in plate. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 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 (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her head has been shaved. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. After a long history of fighting, Millicent and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

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. 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 raised in a desert tribe. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern woman very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. Her bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 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 miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kathra was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.