Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has wavy blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the south to a Sage, Ermina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Dean hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; 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: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Ruler. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Ruler business.

History: Jacoba was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carter business.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.