Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sculptor again

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Mercenary. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Actor profession.

History: Everard was born with his father's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white fur is still thick. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Ethereal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Detective and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She 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. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy silver hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Norkruuth was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Diesa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. During her travels, Diesa and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Diesa discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Diesa fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.