Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Body Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'5" and dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Malachite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp. Amber (130 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp).