Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is typically in her Carter uniform. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Verna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 130 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At some point she was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Slave, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 4 Antitoxin.