Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Veloptima speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Veloptima enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Uraim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Uraim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Rose (50 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Gerald lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Gerald abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Tippletoe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and daggers. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Azgrom was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his pickaxe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bowyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.