Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Tippletoe was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tippletoe was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 390 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Claira grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ombul was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 6'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante mother left him crippled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Backpack.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is red and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Marbas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she has a crush on the local engraver

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp. Malachite (11 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Bather does. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Superior lock.