Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear flannel. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Katherine was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Katherine's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his blue robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His hair is short and brown. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ivellios was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is brown and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 290 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears green trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Astaro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Coral (150 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a yellow vest and prefers pastel and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Ahinar and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Quick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a club and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp. Rose (50 gp).