Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has chestnut hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She takes great joy in being the best Banker in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ella has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman very much looks the part of a Engraver. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Avelina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Engraver, Avelina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.