Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. She has a hunchback. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Herbalist. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her purple hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Armara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and sais. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the west to a Animal Trainer, Thomas learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's also a talented Sage, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.