Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Cecily lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 160 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and glaives. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is golden and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Ugarth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to protect his home

Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Chain shirt.