Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and white tie. Her hair is short and blonde. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Oriff hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (40 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His lavender fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A true patriot, Aura would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 Ruler. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Erdan has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3200 sp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is an amazing painter.

History: Damaia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Arava hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Arava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears a fancy grey dress. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her red hair down. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Avelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Avelina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Avelina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Havilar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Nutae enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp.