Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. She has wavy black hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings and is in decent physical shape. Her silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Farideh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Berrian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He struck the Marshal job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Bertram learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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 sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy golden hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

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 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 to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Tailor and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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: She was born at the edge of vast plains. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Justin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Vonana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Vonana was born with her father's beautiful face. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now spends her time doing works of charity.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 350 gp.