Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. 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. After a long history of fighting, Adelaide and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Mardnab speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Mardnab enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her blue crest is lengthy. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the west to a Laborer, Ruloth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing her hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Dagger lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Dagger was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dagger's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, 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 black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arumawann studied abroad. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. To his fellows he 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His first spouse was a Masseuse, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He has a very tight haircut. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp. Malachite (13 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He wears dull brown sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Shivering was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Gardener. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp.