Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a Herbalist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The war was a terrible time for her, and Alice does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Alice and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ur-Lasu grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ur-Lasu has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple violet robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She wears her auburn hair up. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a great chef.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her childhood dream was to be a Bowyer, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.