Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in a small island village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a fancy green dress. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Banker. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 is a great chef.

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. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Banker. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Immeral enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Dreali was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When Mastema reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Mastema and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 260 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She has red eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.