Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length gray fur. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cask will drive conversation. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Cask was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pog studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a barrister and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white crest is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Fax was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 sp. 3 Smokesticks.