Description: A 2'11" northern woman, she is wearing a long, red cloak. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Dee lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Roofer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Stableman, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Body Guard. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small desert village. A freak accident while working with his Baker father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Cressel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and she is greedy

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 pp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Everburning torch.