Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Fabien will drive conversation. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his ceremonial dagger. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Skûn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Skûn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Skûn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dain studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'8" and tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Adelaide was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has done her best to style her red crest to look like a famous performer. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

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. She uses divination through singing.

History: Jezean hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Silver ewer (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.