Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his silver hair down. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Rurik is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp. White pearl (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, black cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Anakis took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and carries whips. She wears her rusty crest up. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Harann's homeland. Harann decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Rinn was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 280 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).