Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This woman wears green trousers with grey and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by her family; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Mason does. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oloric was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).