Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her hair is black and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and revenge

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She usually wears her brown robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Osah studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Kathra is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting gnolls, the young Kathra began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and tridents. She wears her rusty crest up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'8". She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Beleth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His white crest is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.