Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Hlin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Hlin was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bookbinder; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Emma was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Emma grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Emma. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has no hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Hunter. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Naill was raised in a hard working conservative environment. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Hunter for hire.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Verin was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Namfoodle is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Namfoodle was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Namfoodle was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Namfoodle's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available she will default to her sai. Her brown fur is long and unkept. Her yellow eyes peer out from beneath her feathered pastel hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

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 she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp.