Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her purple hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Sammal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and falchions. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the north to a Marshal, Gynnie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His orange fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Quick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.