Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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: Elysande hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 cp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her red hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vistra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. After months of barely getting by, Vistra managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Althaea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His fur is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a Tailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shifting has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears just a white suit. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ozyman was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Ella is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a hunchback. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive, Mundane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).