Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a large violet jacket. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Laborer, Oriel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Oriel took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is braided into rings. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Gell alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She is baby faced.

Personality: Sarah is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Randal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Buckler.