Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a violet broad hat and violet clothes. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large red jacket. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She struck the Glassblower job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to be a server again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of longbows, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Hork never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Sindri's homeland. Sindri decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses like a well dressed Sage does. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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 in a small plains village. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears a brown coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Phelaia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Phelaia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 sp.