Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Bryseis was born the youngest of three triplets. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has dyed her greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who usually wears her pastel robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder, she is not a threatening figure. Her orange fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Right-Handed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a engraver again

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 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). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he usually wears his brown robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Ulfgar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'0" northern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Hunter. She struck the Hunter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Rose (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.