Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a pastel vest and prefers yellow and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a hunchback. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Locksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mortician. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her hair is red and curly. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eva speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

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. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).