Description: This woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40000 cp. Peridot (80 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow skirt. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Cecily lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Seamstress does. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Jacoba hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jacoba studied abroad. Jacoba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Carter 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp.