Description: He is lean but muscular and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Himo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Through the years after Himo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Himo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Sard (20 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears black trousers with green and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She got into the Jeweler business at a young age. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has dyed his greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Direcris lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 pp. Rose (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries scythes. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Barber job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Coral (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her scarlet crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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 took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).