Description: This late middle aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and balancing her hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic, Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Bidreked was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His green crest is heavily combed to the right. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Kaladan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Engraver mother left him crippled. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.