Description: This slender woman stands about 2'8". She is typically in her Mortician uniform. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Eran was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Mortician. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. After a long history of fighting, Faran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Sculptor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Althaea isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Althaea's homeland. Althaea decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'3". She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are black.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 Dyer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her copper crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

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 formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his chestnut hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 gp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He is physically well-built. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.