Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His white hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy white suit, and carries rapiers. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Sard (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), marred by chocolates. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a great chef.

History: Diesa was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Diesa was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Miner. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Knight; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor 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 is typically in his Barber uniform. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He struck the Barber job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

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. A freak accident while working with his Body Guard mother left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 18000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Coral (160 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sard (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1900 pp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She prefers to wear flannel. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Leaf was born the youngest of three triplets. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She tends to her Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1100 pp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).