Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern woman prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Cask was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Cask and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a Miller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Varis took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bertram does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bertram was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has achieved small success as a Armorer.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp.