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 wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black opal (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has blue hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jade (40 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes, marred by beers. She has slicked back red hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Mardnab was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and doesn't want to be a farmer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is typically in his Shipwright uniform. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Amber (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and she perpetually has her shortspear ready. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

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. Anne is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her lance. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her first spouse was a Ploughman, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Amber (90 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.