Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and pastel tie. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Laborer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (15 gp). Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Darrak studied abroad. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Darrak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Ella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Ella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Ella alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 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.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She has orange fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Coral (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Amber (100 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jet (100 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red crest is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his brown robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Nicor was born with his mother's beautiful face. Nicor was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Coral (160 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.