Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western woman dresses like a well dressed Masseuse does. She has wavy brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. 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 Masseuse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Miller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has worked as a Shipwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the east to a Body Guard, Anne learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Anne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, In love, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His tied-back hair is white. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Gomory is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Locksmith. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 sp. Zircon (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).