Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Pearl was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Healer. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Pearl never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears his golden hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Ûshgol was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp. Hematite (4 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. After a long history of fighting, Skamos and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His black hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has slicked back silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in the west. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 370 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair is well kept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is physically well-built. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

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. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 sp. Onyx (20 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He struck the Performer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Servant. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Nutae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (6 gp).