Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Tanner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has worked as a Tanner like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 160 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. This yellow eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Spring took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Raymond was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Gardener. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Nedda was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nedda decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. Her rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Creega was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a fisher again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. He is an epitome of beauty. His tied-back hair is auburn. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Aelar was born with his father's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Aelar has worked very hard to control his curse. 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; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.