Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rael embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rael. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Jak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 170 gp.