Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Emma lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 cp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is short and silver. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Arnold took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Jacoba will drive conversation. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and usually wears her white robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Emma is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Amber (140 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.